CALIFORNIA  IMPRINTS 


By 
HENRY  R./ WAGNER 


BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA 
1922 


CALIFORNIA  IMPRINTS 

August  1846  -  June  1851 


By 

HENRY  R.lWAGNER 


Berkeley,  California 
1922 


An  edition  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  copies  has  been  jjrinted 
of  which  twenty-five  are  reserved  for  i)rivate  distril^ution,  and 
twenty-five  are  specially  l:)ound  with  twenty  reproductions  by 
photostat  of  broadsides  and  title  pages. 


FOREWORD 

Mr.  Cowan,  in  his  bibliography  of  the  CaHfornia  Spanish 
press,  has  presented  us  with  a  view  of  the  operations  and 
output  of  the  first  press  known  to  have  been  used  in  the  State, 
and  in  his  bhbhography  of  CaHfornia  has  brought  together 
notices  of  a  choice  selection  of  the  most  famous  California 
books.  The  scope  of  the  latter  work,  however,  was  not  suffi- 
ciently extended  to  embrace  all  the  early  imprints  in  English, 
and  since  its  publication  quite  a  few  others  not  known  to  him 
have  been  fovmd.  It  seems  therefore  opportune  to  formulate 
a  new  work  embracing  everything  of  a  public  or  semi-public 
character  that  appeared  in  California  from  the  local  press 
after  the  press  there  had  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Ameri- 
cans, thus  supplementing  his  work  on  the  Spanish  press  and 
carrying  the  bibliography  of  California  imprints  forward  as 
far  as  is  practicable  in  a  w^ork  of  moderate  proportions.  The 
numerous  fires  which  occurred  in  every  place  of  any  impor- 
tance in  northern  California,  beginning  in  1849  and  extending 
to  the  summer  of  1851,  destroyed  a  good  part  of  what  little 
had  already  been  printed  ;  and  to  cap  the  climax  of  misfortune 
a  great  deal  of  what  had  escaped  the  flames  at  that  time,  after 
being  carefully  collected  into  the  San  Francisco  public  libra- 
ries, was  destroyed  in  the  fire  of  1906.  From  that  disaster, 
only  one  important  collection  in  the  city  escaped,  Mr.  Ban- 
croft's Library,  which  by  good  fortune  was  out  of  the  zone 
of  fire.  Mr.  A.  S.  Macdonald's  collection  was  in  Oakland, 
and  thus  also  was  spared.  The  first  of  July,  1851,  therefore, 
is  a  natural  point  of  division,  everything  printed  before  that 
being  uncommonly  scarce,  and  with  few  exceptions,  not 
hitherto  adequately  described.  I  have,  however,  added  a 
short  supplementary  list  of  publications  appearing  between 
July  1  and  December  31,  1851,  in  order  to  properly  place  some 
imprints  bearing  date  1851. 

The  early  California  newspaper  was  not  only  the  most 
important  prodvict  of  the  press,  but  also  the  most  interesting. 
The  feverish  activity  w^hich  characterized  life  in  California  at 
that  time  was  nowhere  more  apparent  than  in  the  office  of 
the  newspaper.  Just  as  men  rushed  from  one  gold  discovery 
to  another,  so  the  editors  rushed  from  one  paper  to  another. 
Some  newspapers  had  half  a  dozen  difl:'erent  owners  and 
editors  in  the  course  of  a  year,  and  no  matter  how  good  the 
business  might  be,  there  seemed  to  be  a  craze  to  sell  out  an 
interest  in  one  paper  and  start  another.  The  result  was  a 
wild  competition  that  reduced  a  very  profitable  industry 
within   a   short  year  almost   to   ruin.     In   the   spring  of   1851, 

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seven  daily  newspapers  were  trying  to  exist  in  San  Francisco 
alone ;  but  the  fire  of  May  4  put  several  out  of  business,  and 
although  two  others  were  started  in  May  and  June,  only  four 
were  left  on  the  first  of  January,  1852,  and  one  of  these  died 
a  few  weeks  later.  It  is  obvious  that  the  community  was  not 
large  enough  to  support  any  such  number  of  newspapers,  and 
they  were  only  kept  alive  either  by  public  printing  or  by  pri- 
vate subscription. 

The  San  Francisco  papers  of  1850  contained  some  articles 
on,  or  rather  references  to,  early  newspapers  of  the  Pacific, 
but  full  of  inaccuracies,  especially  those  about  the  Californian 
and  California  Star.  The  first  notice  of  any  value  was  pub- 
lished by  F.  C.  Ewer  in  the  Sacramento  Transcript,  October, 
1850,  in  three  articles,  afterwards  reprinted  by  him  in  the 
Pioneer  for  October,  1855.  While  Ewer  had  plenty  of  oppor- 
tunity to  learn  the  facts  about  the  early  California  papers, 
his  article  on  the  Californian  and  the  Star  is  also  full  of 
errors,  but  seems  much  more  reliable  for  those  published  in 
1850. 

December  25,  1858,  E.  C.  Kemble,  at  that  time  connected 
with  the  Sacramento  Union,  published  in  that  paper  an 
extended  history  of  the  California  press  to  that  date,  which 
has  hitherto  been  the  principal  authority  on  the  subject. 
Kemble  got  his  information  from  his  own  recollections,  from 
the  files  "of  the  Alta  and  Union,  local  directories,  and  from 
correspondents  either  at  that  time  or  previously  connected 
with  newspapers.  The  result  is  a  very  creditable  performance, 
although  marred  by  some  errors  which  are  obviously  typo- 
graphical and  some  misstatements  about  the  early  papers. 

In  1878  Samuel  C.  Upham,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Sac- 
ramento Transcript,  published  in  Philadelphia  "Notes  of  a 
voyage  to  California  via  Cape  Horn,  together  with  scenes  in 
ErDorado,  in  the  years  1849-'50.  With  an  appendix  containing 
Reminiscences  of  Pioneer  Journalism  in  California."  U^pham 
had  been  first  connected  with  the  Pacific  News.  Except  for 
the  personal  note  in  this  book  and  some  information  regard- 
ing individuals,  there  is  nothing  to  be  found  of  importance 
about  the  early  newspapers  that  had  not  previously  been  pub- 
lished by  Kemble. 

In  1905  Katherine  Chandler  published  a  list  of  California 
periodicals  issued  ])revious  to  the  completion  of  the  trans- 
continental telegraph  in  1861,  a  small  pam])hlet  of  19  pages. 
This  was  compiled  from  Kemble's  article  and  apparently  the 
library  cards  of  various  public  libraries.  No  original  re-^earch 
work  was  done  on  the  files  of  the  newspapers  themselves,  but 
it   has   certain   value   as  containing:  a   record   of   most   of   the 


newspapers    available    at    the    time    of    publication    in  public 

libraries,  and   especially   t\)r  the   notations  it  contains  of  the 

various    specimen    newspapers    in    Taylor's    collection  in    the 

Mercantile  Library.     This  collection  is  now  lost  and  I  do  not 
think  there  is  any  other  record  of  what  it  contained. 

In  addition  to  Kemble  there  is  a  prime  source  of  informa- 
tion regarding  the  newspapers  published  locally  beginning  in 
1850,  in  various  local  directories  for  Marysville,  Sacramento, 
Grass  Valley,  Tuolumne  County  and  other  places.  Indeed, 
Kemble  derived  a  considerable  portion  of  his  information 
from  such  as  had  been  printed  before  his  article  appeared. 

The  w^ork  is  arranged  chronologically,  newspapers  being 
entered  only  once,  under  date  of  first  issue,  and  any  work 
issued  in  parts  and  at  different  dates  is  entered  together  on 
the  date  of  issue  of  the  first  part.  In  all  cases  where  a  copy 
occurs  in  a  public  library,  I  have  located  it  there  in  preference 
to  some  private  collection.  Where  only  a  single  copy  has 
been  found,  such  fact  is  noted.  Nothing  is  listed  unless 
known  to  exist  or  unless  there  is  good  reason  to  suppose  it 
to  have  been  printed.  I  am  satisfied  that  other  proclamations 
and  circular  orders  emanating  from  the  officials  of  the  Army 
and  Navy  in  California  were  ako  issued,  but  I  am  not  able 
to  furnish  facts  to  support  such  a  supposition  ;  and  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  copies  may  never  turn  up,  I  have  not  thought 
it  worth  while  to  advance  the  arguments  by  which  I  have 
convinced  mself  that  such  were  actually  printed. 

As  very  few  examples  of  the  work  executed  for  the  first 
and  second  sessions  of  the  Legislature  have  survived,  instead 
of  embodying  these  in  the  main  work  I  have  formulated 
another  list  containing  the  various  reports  and  acts  spe- 
cifically ordered  printed,  and  in  which  these  few  known 
surviving  examples  will  be  found  described. 

At  the  close  of  the  first  session  an  act  was  passed  author- 
izing the  immediate  printing  of  such  laws  as  had  been 
enacted  during  the  session,  to  be  known  as  the  pamphlet 
edition  of  the  laws.  This  edition  was  to  be  printed  in  some 
limited  number  for  early  distribution,  principally  to  the 
county  of^cials.  Robinson,  the  State  Printer,  began  the  print- 
ing of  this  edition  in  .San  Jose,  where  it  was  continued  by 
Winchester,  his  successor ;  but  I  do  not  know  whether  Win- 
chester continued  the  operation  of  the  press  in  San  Jose 
until  all  the  laws  were  printed,  or  whether  part  of  the  work 
was  done  in  San  Francisco.  Distribution  was  actually  made 
apparently  some  time  at  the  end  of  August,  1850;  but  my 
search  in  public  and  private  libraries  and  the  county  offices 
has    failed   to   disclose   a   single   copy   now   in    existence,   and 


consequently  I  do  not  know  exactly  how  many  laws  were 
printed  in  this  edition.  April  15,  1850,  the  Assembly  aph- 
orized the  printing  of  a  thousand  copies  of  a  list  of  the  acts 
that  had  been  enacted,  and  certain  joint  resolutions  passed, 
and  a  copy  of  this  printed  list  is  now  in  existence.  This  was 
not,  however,  an  index  to  the  pamphlet  edition  ;  and  as  it  is 
uncertain  that  all  the  one  hundred  and  forty-five  laws  com- 
prised in  this  Hst  were  actually  printed  in  pamphlet  form,  I 
have  decided  not  to  reprint  it,  especially  as  1  cannot  find  that 
any  of  the  nineteen  joint  resolutions  contained  in  the  list 
were  separately  printed. 

I  wish  to  add  that  in  this  investigation  I  have  received  the 
heartiest  cooperation  from  all  to  whom  I  have  applied  for 
information.  Mr.  Crocker,  Mr.  Cowan  and  Mr.  Hitchcock 
have  freely  placed  their  collections  at  my  disposition,  and  Mr. 
Wilberforce  Eames  of  the  New  York  Public  Library  lent  me 
his  notes  on  the  pamphlet  edition  of  the  laws.  I  also  take 
pleasure  in  acknowledging  kindly  assistance  from  IMr.  George 
Watson  Cole  of  the  Huntington  Library,  from  Mr.  Milton  J. 
Ferguson  of  the  California  State  Library,  Mr.  H.  O.  Parkin- 
son of  the  Stockton  Public  Library,  Mr.  H.  L  Priestly  of  the 
Bancroft  Library,  and  Mr.  Victor  E.  Marriott  of  the  Pomona 
College  Library^  in  furnishing  information  and  facsimilies  of 
title  pages.  I  am  also  indebted  to  Mr.  George  H.  Himes  of 
the  Oregon  Historical  Society  for  information  regarding  the 
later  history  of  the  first  press  of  the  California  Star,  and 
Mr.  C.  F.  Heartman  for  permission  to  copy  his  pamphlet 
"List  of  Acts  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia at  its  First  Session  in  1849  and  1850." 


Henry  R.  Wagner, 
90  El  Camino  Real,  Berkelev 
February   15,   1922. 


AUTHORITIES  CITED 

Chandler,  Katherine 

List  of  California  periodicals  issued  previous 
to  the  completion  of  the  trans-continental  tele- 
graph.    San  Francisco,  1905. 

Cowan,  Robert  E. 

Bibliography  of  the  History  of  California  and 
the  Pacific  West  1510-1906.     S.  F.  1914. 

Ewer,  F.  C. 

Annals  of  the  Pacific  Press.  The  Pioneer,  Oc- 
tober, 1855. 

Hall,  Frederic 

History  of  San  Jose.     San  Francisco,  1871. 

Kemble,  E.  C. 

History  of  California  ne\vspapers.  Sacramento 
Union,  December  25,  1858. 

Mercantile  Library  Catalogue 

San  Francisco,  1874. 

Soule,  Frank  [and  others] 

Annals  of  San  Francisco.     San  Francisco,  1855. 

Upham,  Samuel  C. 

Notes  of  a  yoyage  to  California  yia  Cape  Horn, 
together  Avith  scenes  in  El  Dorado  in  the  years 
1849-'50.     Phila.  1878. 


CONTENTS 


Page 

General  List  Imprints,  Augnst  15,  1846-June  30,   1851     -       1 

Publications  bearing  date  1851,  but  printed  after  June  30     61 

California  Imprints  of  1850-51,  l:»ut  printed  elsewhere    -     -     63 

Publications  without  date  or  without  place     -----     65 

Documents  of  the  first  and  second  sessions  of  the  Legis- 
lature     -      ---------------67 

Pamphlet  edition  of  the  laws,  1850     --------     78 

Index  to  Names      --------------81 

Index  to  Newspaper,  owners,  editors  and  publishers    -     -     85 

Index   to    Publications      ------------90 


CALIFORNIA  IMPRINTS 

CALIFORNIAN. 

Vol.  I.  Monterey,  Saturday,  August  15,  1846.  No.  1 

The  Californian— Is  published  every  Saturday  morning 
By  Colton  &  Semple.     Terms,  Subscription  One  Year  $5. 

The  Californian  was  published  every  Saturday  until  Number  36, 
April  24.     Number  37  appeared  on  the  following  Thursday,  April  29 

Colton  retired  from  the  paper  in  April  and  Number  36,  April 
24    appears  as  published  by  Robert  Semple. 

Thirty-eight  numbers  of  Volume  I  were  published,  the  last  May 
6  1847.  Extras  were  published  September  5  and  19,  18.46  a„d 
January  28.  1847,  and  a  prospectus  was  issued  about  the  middle  ot 
March,  1847. 

THE  CALIFORNIAN  EXTRA. 
Monterey.  Saturday,  September  5,  1846. 

A  single  leaf  printed  on  one  side  only,  and  containing  in 
English  and  Spanish — 

To  The  People  of  California,  a  proclamation  by  R.  F.  Stockton 
dated  Los  Angeles,  August  17.  1846,  announcing  early  inaugura- 
tion of  a  new  government  similar  to  that  ot  U.  S.  territories. 

To  The  People  of  California,  a  proclamation  of  August  22,  1846, 
Los  Anseles,  signed  R.  F.  Stockton,  calling  an  election  for  Sep- 
tember 15  for  the  election  of  Alcaldes. 

Both  these  proclamations  had  been  printed  in  Number  4  of  the 
Californian,  September  5,  and  were  undoubtedly  issued  m  this  par- 
ticular form  for  public  distribution. 

THE  CALIFORNIAN. 
Saturday,  September  19,  1846. 

A  single  leaf  printed  on  one  side  only. 

This  is  a  reprint  in  smaller  type  of  two  colunins  of  the  regular 
issue  of  September  19,  the  object  being,  no  doubt,  to  circulate 
more   extensively  Stockton's   two  proclamations. 

The  first  is  dated  August  19.  1846,  Los  Angeles,  declaring  a 
blockade  of  ports  in  Mexico  south  of  San  Diego,  and  the  second 
advising  that  a  state  of  war  exists  between  the  Lnited  Spates  and 
Mexico.  ^ 

The  only  copy  of  this  that  I  have  seen  is  in  the  Library  ot 
Congress. 

THE   CALIFORNIAN    EXTRA. 
Monterey.  Thursday,  January  28,  1847. 
A  single  leaf  printed  on  both  sides. 

This   contains   news   from   the   seat   of  War   on   the   brilliant   vic- 

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tories  obtained  January  8  and  9  and  the  taking  possession  of  Los 
Angeles.  It  contains  a  long  letter  from  an  officer  attached  to  the 
expedition,  dated  January  14,  1847. 

CALIFORXIAN. 

Is  Published  In  Monterey,  Every  Saturday  Morninfr.  By 
Colton  &  Semple.  For  Five  Dollars  Per  Annum  In  Ad- 
vance. 

A  single  leaf  printed  on  the  upper  part  of  one  side  under- 
neath which  are  headings  Subscribers  Names  [and]  Place 
of  Residence. 

This  is  the  famous  Prospectus  which  was  not  published  in 
advance  of  the  newspaper  but  after  publication  of  six  months.  It 
was  obviously  a  bid  for  new  subscribers. 

THE   CALIFORXIAN. 
Vol.  II.         San  Francisco,  Saturday,  ]\Iay  22,  1847.         No.  1. 
Published  by  Robert  Semple. 

With  Xo.  15.  August  28,  the  "The"  was  dropped  from  the  title. 
With  Xo.  17,  September  8.  the  paper  began  to  be  published  on 
Wednesday. 

With  Xo.  9,  July  17,  appeared  a  new  proprietor,  B.  R.  Buckelcw 
Publisher.  Joseph  Dockrill,  Printer. 

No.  24,  October  27,  appears  as  edited  and  pul:ilished  bv  Robert 
Gordon. 

No.  Z7,  January  26,  appears  again  as  published  by  B.  R.  Bucke- 
lew. 

Fifty-two  numbers  were  printed  of  this  volume  and  at  least  one 
extra  of  August  3,  of  which  no  copy  is  known. 

CALIFORXIAX. 
Vol.  III.      San  Francisco,  Wednesday,  ]\Iay  17,  1848.       No.  1. 
Published   by   Jacob    D.    Hoppe,   Henry    L.    Sheldon   and 
Joseph  Dockrill  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  D.  Hoppe  &  Co., 
Sheldon  as  editor. 

No.  2,  May  24,  J.  D.  Hoppe  &  Co. 

Fly  sheet.  May  29. 

Fly  sheet,  June  2. 

No.  3,  July  15,  J.  D.  Hoppe  &  Co. 

Xo.  4,  August  14,  J.  D.  Hoppe  &  Co. 

Xo.  5.  Saturday,  September  2,  J.  D.  Hoppe  &  Co. 

Xos.  6  to  15,  September  9    to  November  11  regularly. 

No.  11  appeared  as  published  by  Sheldon,  Foster  and  Weaver. 
They  continued  to  publish  it  until  Xo.  14.  Besides  Sheldon,  B.  F. 
Foster,  and  W.  E.  Weaver,  both  printers,  comprised  the  firm;  but 
they  owed  Buckelew  for  the  plant  and  were  otherwise  in  debt,  so 
Sheldon  went  to  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and  the  others  decamped, 
leaving  the  paper  in  the  hands  of  Edward  C.  Kemlile.  who  under- 
took to  pay  the  debts.  He  issued  Xo.  15,  the  last  number  pub- 
lished, and  which  appeared  without  any  name  of  pul)lisher  or 
editor. 

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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


CALIFORXIAN. 

San  Francisco,  May  29,  1848. 

A  small  folio  sheet  printed  on  one  side  only  and  headed— 
To  Our  Readers.  There  are  three  columns  and  the  headmg 
is  at  the  top  of  the  first  column. 

This  issue  of  the  Californian  records  the  suspension  of  opera- 
tinn  .on  account  of  the  general  exodus  to  the  gold  mines.  fhe 
only  copy  thai  I  have  seen  is  contained  in  the  file  of  the  Cah- 
fornian,  in  the   California  State  Library. 

CALIFORNIAN.  San  Francisco,  June  2,  1848. 

A  small  folio  sheet  with  the  above  heading  occupying  the 
top  of  the  first  column,  and  printed  on  one  side  only. 

Under  the  heading— 'For  the  purpose  of  convincing  what  there 
is  left  of  he  public'  that  the  Californian  is  not  extinct,  nor  yet 
Lltocether  used  up,  we,  in  our  triple  character  of  editor,  printer 
aifdevil  ave  compiled,  set  up,  worked  off  and  circulated  the 
exfra  which  we  hope  will  do  our  readers  much  good;  for  it  would 
pfobabTy  very  much  perplex  His  Satanic  majesty  to  tell  at  what 
precipe  period  they  will  hear  from  us  again"-with  no  signature 

The  object  of  the  extra  was  to  communicate  the  news  from  the 
U     S    jus     arrived    from    Honolulu   by    the'  Ship    Euphem.al  his 
consi'stid  chiefly  of  an  announcement  of  the  death  oi  J.  Q.  Adams, 
and  the  signing  of  the  treaty  of  peace  in  Mexico  February  2. 
Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XXXV,  No.  54. 

The  California  State  Library  has  a  complete  file  of  this  paper 
with  the  exception  of  the  extras,  prospectus,  and  one  fly  sheet 
No  other  so  nearly  complete  is  known  to  me.  I  have  the  extras 
of  September  5,  1846,  and  January  28,  1847,  and  the  Golden  Gate 
Museum  of  San  Francisco  has  a  copy  of  the  prospectus,  and  the 
Library  of  Congress  the  extra  of  September  19. 

The  first  number  issued  August  15  contains  a  prospectus  but 
there  is  no  evidence  that  this  had  been  published  separately  in 
advance.  The  references  in  Bancroft  and  other  writers  to  a 
printed  prospectus  refer,  I  believe,  to  the  one  that  was  issued  in 
February  or  March,  1847. 

I  have  seen  it  stated  that  Commodore  Stockton  was  the  rea 
originator  of  this  newspaper,  his  idea  apparently  being  that  it 
would  prove  a  valuable  support  to  the  new  government,  or  per- 
haps he  wanted  it  for  the  purpose  of  Circulating  his  proclama- 
tions. At  any  rate  he  allowed  a  sailor  on  one  of  the  vessels,  one 
Joseph  Dockrill,  a  practical  printer,  to  be  discharged  from  the 
service  so  that  he  could  print  the  new  paper.  The  press  and  bat- 
tered type  were  found  with  other  Government  property.  Colton 
crives  us  a  very  meager  account  of  the  paper  in  his  "three  \  ears 
m  California."  Mr.  R.  E.  Cowan  in  his  Bibliography  of  the  Span- 
ish Press  in  California  has  described  everything  that  can  be  lound 
in  the  way  of  a  broadside,  pamphlet  or  book  that  had  previously 
been  printed  on  the  press,  but  this  by  no  means  constitutes  all  the 
work  that  was  done  on  it.  The  archives  in  the  Surveyor  General  s 
office  contained  immense  numbers  of  documents,  forms,  etc.,  which 

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were  partly  in  print.     The  principal  use  for  the  press  probably  was 
to  print  the  habilitation  on  stamped  paper. 

Just  how  the  press  passed  into  the  possession  of  Colton  and 
Sehiple  is  not  recorded,  but  probably  they  simply  appropriated  it. 
Nor  is  it  recorded  how  Scmple  became  the  sole  owner,  but  in  the 
spring  of  1847,  he  removed  it  to  San  Francisco,  where  after  a 
short  time  he  turned  the  paper  and  the  press  over  to  Buckelew. 
From  Buckelew  he  obtained  a  contract  for  some  free  space  to 
boost  his  new  town  of  Benicia,  and  probably  that  is  all  he  got  for 
it.  Buckelew  was  a  watchmaker  and  seems  to  have  had  a  hanker- 
ing for  the  newspaper  business  which  in  the  years  to  come  cost 
him  considerable  money.  Probably  the  paper  changed  hands  with- 
out any  money  equivalent  passing  until  Kemble  finally  bought  it 
or  assumed  the  debts,  which  is  the  same  thing. 

Kemble  seems  to  have  had  a  real  affection  for  the  old  press 
and  gives  a  long  account  of  its  subsequent  career  in  the  Union. 
After  being  used  to  print  the  Californian  in  San  Francisco,  the 
California  Star  and  Californian,  and  tiie  early  numbers  ot  the  Alta 
California,  it  was  sent  up  to  Sacramento  where  the  early  numbers 
of  the  Placer  Times  were  printed  on  it.  The  next  move  was  to 
Stockton,  where  the  first  numbers  of  the  Stockton  Times  were 
printed  on  it,  from  there  it  went  to  Sonora  to  print  the  Sonora 
Herald,  and  from  there  to  Columbia.  Here  on  the  13th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1851,  it  was  practically  destroyed  by  fire,  and  after  this  seems 
to  have  gone  into  the  junk  heap.  At  least  Kemble  was  not  able 
to  discover  what  became  of  it  after  it  was  brought  back  to  Sonora 
in  a  charred  condition,  and  surmised  it  had  been  burned  m  one  of 
the  many  Sonora  fires. 

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RULES  AND  REGULATIONS,  For  The  Trade  Of  The  Bay 
Of  San  Francisco.! 

ReglamentosiPara  El  Comercio  Y  Navigacion  De  La 
Bahia  De  San  Francisco.] 

Small  folio  broadside  printed  in  two  columns,  the  left  in 
English  -and  the  right  in  Spanish.  [At  end  in  English  and 
corresponding  in  Spanish]  By  order  of  John  B.  Montgom- 
ery, Esq.,  Comdg.  Northern  District  of  California.  Wash'n. 
A.  Bartlett  Collector  &  Superintendant,  Port  San  Francisco. 
Yerba  Buena,  Sept.  6th,  1846. 

At  the  bottom  on  the  right  hand  side — S.  Brannan, 
Printer. 

These  rules  in  thirteen  articles  directed  to  the  suppression  of 
stealing  and  killing  cattle,  and  laying  out  rules  for  the  shipment 
of  the  products  of  the  country,  provide  for  an  inspector  of  hides 
and  tallow  and  provide  penalties  for  violation  of  the  order.  They 
also  provide  for  an  Inspection  Tax  of  3c  on  each  hide  and  25c  for 
each  bag  of  tallow. 

The  Brooklyn  with  Brannan  and  his  press  arrived  in  San  Fran- 
cisco on  the  31st  of  July.  This  is  the  earliest  known  product  of 
the  press,  and  the  copy  described,  which  is  in  my  possession,  ap- 
pears to  be  the  only  one  known. 

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PROCLAMATION.  [in  regard  to  the  detention  of  Indians 
as^iiinst  their  will  and  ordering  their  release  unless  held  by  a  legal 
contract  acknowledged  faefore  the  nearest  justice  of  the  peace;  also 
prohibiting  vagrancy  of  Indians.] 

[At  end  signed]  Jno.  B.  ]\'Iontgomery,  Commander  of  the 
Northern  Department  of  California. 

Published  in  the  Californian,  Volume  I,  No.  13,  November  7, 
1846.  This  proclamation  was  issued  by  Montgomery  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  I  think  very  likely  was  printed  by  Brannan.  The  Cali- 
fornian states  that  it  had  been  issued  some  time  since,  therefore 
probably  in  October. 

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THE  CALIFORNIA  STAR. 

Vol.  I.  Yerba  Buena,  January  9,  1847.  No.  I. 

The  California  Star.  A  weekly  journal.  Devoted  to  the 
Liberties  and  Interests  of  the  People  of  California.  Pub- 
lished by  Samuel  Brannan.     Edited  by  E.  P.  Jones. 

This,  the  first  issue  of  the  California  Star,  contains  a  "Pros- 
pectus" signed  S.  Brannan  and  also  a  "Note  to  the  Public"  signed 
E.  P.  Jones.  In  the  Prospectus,  Brannan  says,  after  declaring  that 
he  had  purchased  and  brought  to  California  a  press  for  the  pur- 
pose of  securing  to  himself  and  citizens  the  benefits  of  a  free, 
fearless  and  untrammeled  newspaper,  that  "'contrary  to  our  orig- 
inal intention,  but  being  fully  convinced  that  the  present  crisis  in 
the  affairs  of  the  country  demands  it,  we  have  resolved  to  com- 
mence at  once  the  publication  of  a  paper  to  be  called  the  Cali- 
fornia Star."  I  cannot  undertake  to  explain  this  cryptic  utterance 
containing  a  palpable  contradiction.  Hittell  in  his  history  of  Cali- 
fornia thinks  that  the  Prospectus  was  published  in  advance  of  the 
newspaper  as  a  separate  publication.  This  may  have  been  the 
case,  but  so  far  as  I  know  no  copy  exists,  nor  is  there  any  intima- 
tion in  the  paper  that  it  had  been  previously  published. 

Jones  in  his  note  says  that  he  has  been  induced  to  take  tempor- 
ary charge  of  the  editorial  department  due  to  the  absence  of  the 
gentleman    employed    as    permanent   editor,    [probably    E.    Gilbert]. 

Of  this  volume  fifty-two  numbers  were  published  consecutively 
every  Saturday,  No.  52  appearing  January  1,  1848.  Also  one  extra 
November  1. 

With  No.  11  the  Yerba  Buena  was  changed  to  San  Francisco. 

Jones'  name  appeared  as  editor  for  the  first  fourteen  numbers. 
Number  15  contains  a  note  that  Dr.  Jones  having  withdrawn,  the 
publication  of  the  paper  will  be  continued  by  the  sul)scribers  in 
whose  charge  the  office  was  left  by  iMr.  Brannan,  and  signed 
Edward  C.  Kemble  and  John  Eagar. 

Brannan  had  gone  to  Salt  Lake  to  confer  with  the  iN/Iormon 
heads  and  did  not  return  until   September  17. 

Numbers  15  to  38  inclusive  therefore  appear  without  anyone's 
name  as  editor,  although  actually  Kemble  edited  the  paper  during 
this  period. 

Number  39,  October  2,  the  p^per  appeared  as  edited  by  Edward 
C.    Kemble   and   continued   in    this   manner   until   the   end,   Volume 

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II,  No.  23,  June  10,  1848.  Kemble  had  been  with  the  Volun- 
teers and  returned  to  San  Francisco  about  the  beginning  of  April 
and  became  one  of  the  printers  with  Eagar.  Eagar  was  a  Mor- 
mon but  Keml)le  says  he  was  not.  I  presume  he  really  would  be 
called  a  near-Mormon.  They  both  came  out  with  Brannan  in  the 
Brooklyn.  Eagar  went  back  to  Salt  Lake  in  '48  with  the  Orthodox 
Saints  but  Kemble  continued  in  the  newspaper  business  for  the 
rest  of  his  life.  Jones  was  a  doctor  and  what  would  be  called  a 
pretty  smart  man.  He  was  a  very  prominent  citizen  in  California 
in  '47  and  '48,  accumulated  a  large  fortune  in  speculation  in  real 
estate,  and  died  in  1852  in  the  east. 

Before  the  regular  publication  of  the  newspaper  began  an  extra 
was  published  January  1,  which  was  reprinted  in  whole  or  in  part 
in  the  Millenial  Star,  Vol.  IX,  306.  It  is  addressed— To  the  Saints 
in  England  and  America  From  the  California  Star — Extra  Yerl)a 
Buena  San  Francisco,  Jan.  1,  1847 — and  is  signed  S.  Brannan 
President.  In  this  Brannan  says  that  next  week  they  will  begin 
publishing  a  paper  which  by  the  sanction  of  Col.  Fremont  will  1)e 
the  government  organ.  No  copy  of  this  extra  appears  to  be 
known. 

November  1  an  extra  was  published  containing  important  news 
from  Mexico  received  by  the  Lexington.  Number  31,  published 
August  7,  has  an  extra  leaf  which  was  referred  to  as  a  supple- 
ment. This  leaf  is  printed  only  on  one  side  and  constitutes  a 
continuation  of  page  3  of  the  paper,  page  4  obviously  having  been 
set  up  before  the  news  was  received. 

THE  CALIFORXIA  STAR. 

Vol.  II.  San  Francisco,  January  8,  1848.  No.  1. 

This  was  published  consecutively  each  week  until  No.  23,  June 
10.  An  extra  was  issued  March  1.  No.  3  appeared  enlarged,  con- 
taining very  nearly  double  the  amount  of  matter.  No.  13  was  a 
special  numl)er  gotten  out  in  6  pages,  containing  an  article  on  the 
prospects  of  California,  written  by  Doctor  V.  J.  Fourgeaud,  and 
some  other  articles  on  other  parts  of  California.  In  the  next  issue 
the  editor  asserts  that  2000  copies  of  this  number  were  mailed, 
which  I  suppose  is  to  be  understood  as  meaning  were  sent  east 
by  the  special  mail  which  Brannan  had  organized,  largely  for  the 
purpose  of  sending  out  this  special  edition.  After  the  issue  of 
June  10,  both  the  printers  T.  H.  Rolfe  and  J.  D.  Yates  said  they 
were  going  up  to  the  gold  fields,  so  the  paper  had  to  suspend. 
June  14,"  a  slip  was  issued  announcing  its  suspension. 

THE  CALIFORXIA  STAR. 

San  Francisco,  Wednesd'y,  jiuic  14,   1848. 

A  single  sheet  ])rinted  on  one  side  only  in  three  columns, 
the  above  title  being  at  the  beginning  of  the  first  colunui 
under  a  vignette  of  the  American  eagle. 

Then  follows : 

In  fewer  words  than  are  usually  employed  in  the  announcement 
of  similar  events,  we  appear  before  the  remnant  of  a  reading  com- 
munity, on  this  occasion,  with  the  material  or  immaterial  informa- 


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tion  that  we  have  "stopped  the  paper"-that  its  publication  ceased 
""clSSn"a    StSe^Lrary.    a    eon,ple.e    file    except    the    extra    of 

^'"•fft^e  lest'  ac'cotrof^r  l.^'^.n  fact  the  o„1.  reliahle  o.,e 

was  published  in  the  Sacramento  Union  December  2o,  18o«.  by 
Kemble  himself.  Kemble  devotes  considerable  time  to  explainmg 
how  le  was  fooled  about  the  importance  of  the  gold  discoveries, 
as  in  the  light  of  what  happened  later  his  editorials  regarding 
them  published  in  April  and  May  appear  very  ridiculous 

Brannan's  press,  like  the  old  Zamorano  press    also  has  a  history. 

fam  indebted  to  Mr.  George  H.  Himes  of  the  O^f.^"  .H^fjor;" 
cal  Society  for  its  subsequent  movements.  In  the  tall  ot  1«:)U  it 
was  sold  to  Thomas  J.  Dryer,  who  took  it  to  Portland  Oregon, 
where  he  used  it  in  printing  the  Oregonian.  beginning  December 
4  1850.  In  the  fall  of  1852,  Dryer  sold  the  press  to  T.  F.  aIcEI- 
roy  and  J.  W.  Wiley,  who  used  it  to  print  the  Columbian,  hrst 
published  in  Olympia.  Washington  September  H-  18^^  I"  ^^^^^ 
it  passed  into  the  possession  of  AM.  Poe  and  J..  R.  ^^'at^on  ^  o 
used  it  in  printing  the  Overland  Press  in  Olympia.  ^t  which  time 
Mr.  Himes  says  that  he  hiniselt  worked  on  it.  In  1863,  \\  at^on 
took  it  to  Seattle,  where  it  was  used  in  printing  the  I"tel  igencer 
and  at  present  it  rests  in  an  upper  room  in  one  of  the  build.ngs  ot 
the  University  of  Washington,  in  Seattle. 

CIRCULAR. 

To  All  Whom  It  ^lav  Concern.  A  Todos  Los  Que  Las  Pre- 

Be  It  Known.  ^  sentes  Vieren,  Sabed. 

[A  proclamation  signed  by  Shubrick  and  Kearny  announcing 
the  division  of  duties  between  the  two  and  at  the  same  time  an- 
nouncing Kearny's  appointment  as  Governor.] 

r\t  -ndl  Done  at  Monterey,  Capital  of  California,  this 
first  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1847.  W.  Branford  Shubrick 
Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Naval  Forces.  S.  W.  Kearny, 
Brig.  Gen'l.  U.  S.  A.  and  Governor  of  California.  The  same 
in  Spanish  under  the  Spanish  column. 

A  folio  broadside  printed  on  one  side  m  English  and 
Spanish  in  parallel  columns.  19  lines  in  English  and  20  m 
Spanish  aside  from  heading  and  subscription. 

Ban.  Val.  Doc.  Vol.  XII.  281. 

31st  Cong.  1st  Sess.  H.  R.  Ex.  Doc.  17,  page  288. 

PROCLAMATION.  PROCLAMA. 

To  The  People  of  California.        Al  Pueblo  De  California. 

[Kearny's  Proclamation  announcing  his  entering  upon  his  duties 
as  Governor.  Although  dated  March  1  it  was  really  not  issued 
till  March  4.]  •         ,  • 

\\t  endl  Done  at  Monterev,  Capital  of  California,  this 
first  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1847,  and  in  the  71st  year  of  Inde- 

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pendence  of  the  United  States.  S.  W.  Kearny,  Brig.  Gen. 
U.  S.  A.  and  Governor  of  California.  Same  in  Spanish 
under  the  Spanish  column. 

Folio  broadside  printed  on  one  side  in  i)arallel  columns 
in  English  and  Spanish. 

Printed  in  H.  R.  Ex.  Doc.  17,  31st  Cong.  1   Sess.  page  288. 
Cal.  Star,  March  20,  1847.  _ 
Californian,  March  6,  1847. 

A  copy  in  the  Bancroft  Library  in  the  Bear  Flag  papers,  only 
one  located. 

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NOTICE.  AVISO  PUBLICO. 

A  small  hand  bill  16  x  \2y2  cm.  Printed  in  English  and 
Spanish  in  parallel  columns.  Under  the  Spanish  column  is 
signed  Jonas  Dibble,  Auctioneer.  Monterey,  April  7th, 
1847. 

The  notice  calls  for  a  sale  on  the  24th  of  April  of  the  schooner 
William  and  her  cargo,  recently  condemned  in  a  court  of  admir- 
alty. The  William  belonged  to  Barron  Forbes  &  Co.,  and  was 
condemned  as  lawful  prize  of  war  in  the  prize  court  set  up  in 
Monterey  by  the  Naval  authorities  and  presided  over  by  Walter 
Colton.  The  Californian  at  this  time  contained  an  account  of  the 
trial  which  was  a  good  deal  of  a  farce  except  to  the  owners. 

Besides  the  Californian  and  some  commercial  forms,  this  is  the 
only  piece  that   I  have  ever  seen  which  was  printed  in   Monterey 
during  the  brief  period  that  the  press  was  in  operation  there  from 
August,  1846,  to  May,  1847. 
A  copy  in  my  collection,  only  one  located. 

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To  all  whom  it  may  concern. 

[Mason's  Proclamation  in   English  and  Spanish  announcing  tak- 
ing over  the  command  from  General  Kearny.] 

[At  end]  Done  at  ^lonterey,  the  Capital  (^f  California,  this 
31st  day  of  May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord.  1847,  and  the  71st 
of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States.  R.  B.  Mason, 
Colonel  1st  Dragoons,  Governor  and  Commander-in-Chief 
of  the  United  States  Land  Forces  in  California. 
Folio  broadside  printed  on  one  side  only. 

A  few  years  ago  I  made  a  note  of  this  broadside  from  a  copy  in 
the  Bancroft  Library,  but  recently,  I  was  unable  to  find  it. 
H.  R.  Ex.  Doc.  17,  31st  Cong.  1st  Sess.  p.  Z2>2. 
The  Californian,  June  19,  26,  1847. 

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Headquarters  10th  Military  Dep't. 
Monterey,  California,  July  15th,  1847. 
[Colonel  Mason's  order  to  call  a  town  meeting   for  the  election 
of  SIX  persons  to  constitute  the  Town  Council.] 

Attached  is  a  postscript  dated  August  18.     It  is  signed 

R.  B.  iMason,  Col.  1st  Drag's.,  Gov.  of  California,  and  ad- 
dressed to  ]\Ir.  George  Hyde,  1st  Alcalde,  San  Francisco. 
At  the  end  is  a  notice  signed  George  Hyde,  1st  Alcalde, 
San  Francisco,  August  30,  1847,  calling  an  election  for  the 
13th  of  September  in  accordance  with  the  preceding  order. 

Published  in  the  California  Star  No.  36,  September  11    1847    and 
undoubtedly  prmted  as  a  broadside,  but  of  which  no  copy  is  known. 

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CIRCULAR. 

State  Department  Of  The  Territory  of  California, 

Monterey,  August  19,  1847. 
Sir : 

You  have  been  appointed  collector  of  customs  and   har- 
bor master  for  the  port  of 

[At  end  signed]      H.  W.  Halleck, 

Lieutenant  of  Engineers,  and  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  territory  of  California. 

Receipt   of  this   circular   is   acknowledged   in   the    California   Star 
of  September  4. 

31st  Congress,  1st  Session,  House  Doc.  17,  page  385. 
No  copy  located. 


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CIRCULAR. 

State  Department  Of  The  Territory  of  California. 

Monterey,  August  19,  1847. 
You  have  been  appointed  to  settle  and  audit  the  accounts 

of  the  collector  and  harbor  master  of  the  port  of....   

[At  end  signed]       H.  W.   Halleck, 

Lieutenant  of  Engineers,  and  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  territory  of  California. 

Receipt  of  this  circular  is  acknowledged  in  the  California  Star  of 
September  4. 

31st  Congress,  1st  Session,  House  Doc.  17,  page  385. 
No  copy  located. 

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POLICE  REGULATIONS, 

For  The  Harbors  Of  California. 
Small  folio  broadside  containing  ten  articles  printed  on  one 
side  only.    [At  end]    Done  at  Monterey,  this  15th  day  of  Sep- 
tember/ 1847.      W.    Branford    Shubrick,    Comd'g.    U.    S. 
Naval  Forces,  in  the  Pacific  Ocean. 

R.  B.  Mason,  Col.  1st  Drag.,  and  Gov.  of  California. 
[San  Francisco,  1847.] 

August  16,  1847,  Mason  addressed  a  letter  to  Shubrick  in  which 
after  adverting  on  some  difficulties  in  the  collection  of  duties,  he 
suggests  that  some  port  regulations  be  established  governing  the 
same  and  asks  that  Shubrick  communicate  a  copy  of  such  reso- 
lutions. September  18  Halleck  addressed  a  letter  to  Captain  Ste- 
venson enclosing  copies  of  Custom  House  and  Harbor  Regula- 
tions, and  September  23  in  a  letter  to  Pedro  Carrillo  he  refers  to 
articles  5  and  15  of  Commodore  Shubrick's*  instructions  of  the 
15th  of  September. 

Doc.  No.  17  H.  R.  31st  Cong.  1st  Sess.,  pp.  383,  396,  397. 

Only  copy  located  in  the  collection  of  Mr.   C.  T.  Crocker. 

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TO  THE  PEOPLE  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Shubrick  and  Mason's  letter  to  the  authorities  in  Washington 
regarding  the  instructions  received  about  duties  and  protesting 
against  the  application  of  the  same  to  California.  There  is  pre- 
fixed to  it  a  statement  that  they  had  availed  themselves  of  the  dis- 
cretionary powers  given  them  to  delay  the  imposition  of  the  heavy 
duties  on  the  understanding  that  the  quiet  and  tranquillity  of  the 
country  be  maintained.  Should  such  not  be  the  case  the  military 
contributions  will  be  immediately  levied,  and  they  will  feel  justi- 
fied in  confiscating  the  estate  and  property  of  all  who  openly  or 
covertly  oppose  the  authorities  of  the  United  States. 

[At  end]  Done  at  Monterey,  the  Capital  of  California, 
this  9th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1847,  and  in  the  72d  year  of 
the  Independence  of  the  United  States.  W.  Branford  Shu- 
brick, Commanding  Pacific  Squadron.  R.  B.  Mason,  Col. 
1st  Drag's.,  and  Gov.  of  California. 

In  English  and  Spanish,  the  English  in  the  Californian  Volume 
II,  No.  23,  Octo])er  20,  and  the  Spanish  in  the  following  numl)er 
of  October  27. 

The  Star  of  Octol)er  2Z  refers  to  the  receipt  of  the  circular, 
evidence  that  it  had  been  published,  as  a  broadside,  but  I  have 
found  no  copy. 

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EXTRACT  FROM  THE  REGULATIONS  For  Collecting 
the  I'ariff  of  Duties  on  Imports  and  Tonnage.  Published 
For  The  Information  Of  Ship-Owners  And  Merchants. 

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[At  end]      Monterey,      California,      October      20,       1847. 

[Signed]  R-  B.  Mason,  Col.  1st  Dragoons,  Gov.  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

March  23,  1847,  the  President  addressed  a  communication  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  in  which  he  stated  that  he  had  decided 
to  open  all  Mexican  ports  in  possession  of  U.  S.  land  or  naval 
forces  to  commerce  upon  a  pajment  of  a  prescribed  rate  of  duty 
to  be  enforced  by  the  military  or  naval  commander.  He  directed 
the  Secretary'  of  the  Treasury  to  examine  the  existing  Mexican 
Tariff  and  report  a  schedule  to  be  put  into  efifect. 

March  30,  Walker  reported  a  schedule  based  on  a  system  of 
specific  duties.  March  31,  the  President  addressed  the  Secretary 
of  the  Navy  advising  that  he  had  approved  the  schedule  and 
directing  him,  after  consulting  with  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  issue 
necessary  orders  to  carry  the  same  into  effect.  April  3,  Mason, 
Secretary  of  the  Xavy,  and  Marcy,  Secretary  of  War,  sent  out  cir- 
cular letters  to  the  various  military  and  naval  commanders.  On 
May  10,  1847,  Marcj-  addressed  a  special  letter  to  Kearny  on  the 
subject,  advising  at  the  same  time  that  since  the  regulations  were 
issued  there  had  been  some  changes. 

The  above  correspondence  on  the  tariff  will  be  found  printed  in 
Senate  Ex.  Doc.  Xo.  1,  30th  Congress,  1st  Session. 

These  instructions  together  with  a  printed  tariff  arrived  in 
California  some  time  after  the  middle  of  September. 

October  14,  Mason  issued  a  circular  to  the  military  collectors 
sending  them  copies  of  the  printed  tariff  of  April  3,  and  advising 
ihem  of  the  corrections,  and  on  the  15th  in  a  letter  to  Commander 
Lanman,  of  the  Ship  Warren,  he  advises  that  the  authorities  in 
Cal'fornia  would  not  put  the  duties  into  effect. 

On  Octol)er  28,  Mason  addressed  a  letter  to  Folsom,  in  rela- 
tion to  duties,  etc.,  in  which  he  sa3^s  that  his  points  have  been 
anticipated  in  the  instructions  sent  to  him  to  be  printed,  from 
which  it  appears  that  the  "Extract  From  The  Regulations"  was 
printed  in  San  Ftancisco  about  November  1,  1847.  In  the  California 
Star  of  November  13  appears  a  letter  dated  November  11  which 
says  that  these  printed  regulalions  have  only  appeared  on  that 
day. 

Printed  on  two  sheets  of  blue  letter  paper  occupying  a  little 
over  two  pages  and  a  half,  pages  2  and  3  appearing  numbered,  and 
containing  altogether,  twentj'-six  articles. 

Copv  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  C.  T.   Crocker. 

14 

CIRCULAR  TO   COLLECTOR  of  Customs  At  The   Posts 
In  California. 

Headquarters  Tenth  Military  Department. 
Monterey,  California.  November  17,  1847. 
A  printed  extract  from  the  regulations  for  collecting  the 
tariff  of  duties  on  imports  and  tonnage  is  herewith  sent  to 
you  in  that  shape  for  the  information   of  shipmasters  and 

merchants 

[At  end  signed]  R-  B.  Mason,  Colonel  1st  Dragoons,  Gov- 
error  of  California. 

31st  Congress,  1st  Session,  House  Doc.  17,  page  431. 

Bancroft  Library.  ..  - 

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PROCLAMATION. 

[Prohibiting  the  sale  of  liquor  to  Indians  after  January  1,  1848.] 
[At  end]      Done   at   Monterey,   the   Capital   of   California, 

this  29th  day  of  November  A.'D.  1847,  and  of  the  72nd  of 

the  Independence  of  the  United  States.     R.  B.  IMason,  Cul. 

1st  Drag's.,  Gov.  of  California. 

A  quarto  sheet  with  the  English  on  the  upper  half  and 

the  Spanish  on  the  lower  half.     14  lines  in  English  and  15 

in  Spanish. 

Californian  Vol.   II,  No.  30,  Dec.  30. 
Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XII,  30. 

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THE  LAWS  OF   THE   TOWN  OF  SAN    FRANCISCO.] 

San    Francisco:; Printed   At   The    Office    Of   The    Califor- 
nian. 11847.] 
8°,  8  pages. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Town  Council  December  13  a  resolution 
was  adopted  to  have  100  copies  of  the  laws  printed  and  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  arrange  for  the  printing  thereof.  As  the 
title  page  bears  the  date  of  1847  the  pamphlet  was  evidently 
printed  between  December  13  and  December  31. 

As  far  as  I  know  nothing  was  printed  in  San  Francisco  before 
this  except  a  few  broadsides,  newspapers  and  commercial  printing. 
Therefore  it  may  be  considered  as  the  first  pamphlet  printed  in 
San  Francisco,  although  not  in  California,  as  several  in  Spanish 
were  printed  before  1846. 

Hunt.   Lib. 

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CARRIERS  ADDRESS 

January    1,    the    California    Star    published    the    first    annual 
address  of  the  paper  delivered  by  the  carrier  on  New  Year's 
morning.    The  Star  of  December  25  contains  a  notice  of  its 
forthcoming  appearance. 
No  copy  located. 

18 

ALMANAC  AND  TIDE  TABLES 

The  California  Star  of  January  1.  1848.  published  an  Aliuanac, 
for  the  year  of  our  Lord  and  Savior,  Jesus  Christ,  1848. 
Being  bissextile  or  leap  year,  together  with  the  San  Fran- 
cisco tide  tables.  In  the  number  of  the  8th  of  January  the 
paper  states  that  a  few  of  these  had  been  printed  on  cards. 

This  undoul)tedly  was  the  first  almanac  printed  in  California, 
but   I   have  located  no  copy. 

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MODIFICATIONS     OF     THE     MEXICAN     MILITARY 
CONTRIBUTION  TARIFF 

Three  pages  of  blue  letter  paper  containing  orders  from 
the  Treasury,  War  and  Navy  Departments  concerning  mod- 
ifications in  the  Mihtary  Tariff  of  April  3,  1847. 

On  the  5th  of  November,  1847,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
proposed  some  modifications  of  the  Military  TarifiF  and  November 
16  made  some  further  recommendations  for  the  collection  of  an 
export  duty  on  gold  and  silver.  In  a  letter  addressed  to  Captain 
Folsom,  Governor  Mason,  April  28,  1848.  advises  that  these  docu- 
ments had  been  sent  to  him  by  Commodore  Jones  from  Callao. 
He  encloses  these  recommendations  of  Mr.  Walker  to  Folsom 
and  requests  him  to  have  them  printed  at  once.  From  this  it  ap- 
pears that  the  above  modifications  must  have  been  printed  in  San 
Francisco  before  the  1st  of  June. 

A  copy  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  C.  T.  Crocker. 

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OFFICIAL 

Order  Headquarters.   10th   Mil.   Dept.. 

^'o.  37.  Monterey,  California,  May  31,  1848. 

[Three  paragraphs  providing  against  the  purchase  from  any 
U.  S.  Soldier,  Sailor  or  Marine,  arms,  accoutrements,  clothing,  etc.] 

[At  end]    By  order  of  Col.  Mason,  W.  T.  Sherman. 
1st  Lieut.  3d.  Arty.,  A.  A.  A.  Gen. 

Published  in  the  California  Star,  Volume  II.  Number  23,  Tune 
10.  1848,  and  undoubtedly  published  in  broadside  form,  but  no 
copy  is  known. 

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PROCLAMATION. 

To  The  People  Of  Upper  California. 

Broadside  nearly  square  printed  on  one  side  in  three  col- 
umns. 

[At  end]  Done  at  Monterey,  California,  this  seventh  dav 
of  August,  1848.  R.  B.  Mason,  Col.  1st  Drags,  and  Gov.  o'f 
California. 

Bancroft   Library  Early   Printing. 


PROCLAMA. 

A  Los  Habitantes  De  La  Alta  California. 

Folio  broadside  on  one  side  in  two  columns. 
[At  end]   Dado    en    Monterev,    California,    este    dia    7    de 

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Agosto,   de    1848.      R.    B.    :\Iason,    Cor'l.    del    Ir   Reg't.    de 
Drags.,  Gobernador  de  California. 

Bancroft  Library,  Pico  II,  215. 

This  is  Mason's  proclamation  announcing  the  signing  of  the 
Treaty  of  Peace,  the  cession  of  Upper  California  and  the  boundary 
between  Upper  and  Lower  California.  Printed  in  California  and 
N.  M.     Mess.  Ex.  Doc.  17,  30th  Cong.  1st  Sess.,  page  590. 

22 

THE  CALIFORNIA  STAR  AND  CALIFORNIAN. 

Vol.  II.     San  Francisco  Saturday  November  18,  1848.     No.  24. 
Edward  C.  Kemble,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  numbering  continues  that  of  the 
California  Star,  the  last  number  of  which,  Xo.  2i,  had  been  issued 
June  10. 

Six  numbers  were  issued  regularly  from  November  18  to  De- 
cember 23,  the  last  No.  29. 

This  paper  was  owned  entirely  by  E.  C.  Kemble  who  had  owned 
the  Star  which  he  bought  from  Brannan  for  $800.  He  proposed  to 
the  owners  of  the  Californian  to  unite,  but  as  they  owed  Buckelew 
for  nearly  the  whole  of  the  material,  two  of  the  owners,  Sheldon 
and  Weaver,  conveyed  their  interests  to  Foster  for  a  release  of 
the  debts  and  Foster  closed  the  proposition  with  Kemble.  Foster, 
however,  immediately  disappeared  with  the  others;  but  shortly 
a  letter  from  Foster  was  found  transferring  all  his  interest  to 
Kemble,  he  having  left  the  country,  whereupon  Kemble  hunted  up 
a  printer  and  produced  the  first  number  of  the  combined  paper, 
November  18. 

The  first  number  contained  a  long  article  by  Kemble,  and  also 
the  last  number,  in  which  he  announces  the  formation  of  a  part- 
nership with  Hubbard  and  Gilbert  to  publish  a  new  paper,  the 
Alta  California,  January  4. 

Complete  file,  and  the  only  one  known,  m  the  California  State 
Library. 

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ALTA  CALIFORNIA. 

Vol.  I.        San  Francisco,  Thursday,  January  4,  1849.        No.  1. 

A  weekly  newspaper.  Is  printed  and  published  at  San 
Francisco,  U.  Califa..  on  Thursday  each  week  by  Edward 
Ciilbert,  Edward  C.  Kemble,  George  C.  Hubbard. 

The  subscription  price  was  $6  a  year,  or  25c  per  copy.  The 
first  number  contains  a  prospectus,  dated  December  23,  1849.  which 
had  appeared  previously  in  the  Star  and  Californian.  Numbers  10 
and  19  appeared  as  published  by  Gilbert,  Hubbard  &  Company, 
but  from  No.  20  on.  the  firm  was  Gilbert  &  Company.  In  May. 
Hubbard  sold  his  interest  to  T.  R.  Per  Lee.  Init  shortly  after- 
wards. August  9  Per  Lee  sold  out  to  Kemble  and  Gilbert  for 
$5,000.  October  15,  R.  C.  Moore,  and  J.  B.  Ormiston,  who  had 
brought  out  a  new  press,  were  admitted  as  partners. 

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Gilbert  was  the  editor  of  the  paper  until  December,  but  having 
been  elected  to  Congress,  Kemble  and  J.  E.  Durivage  who  was 
from  New  Orleans  appeared  as  editors  December  l2.  April  1, 
1850,  Durivage  bought  Moore  and  Ormiston's  third  interest.  In 
June  Edward  Connor  came  out  as  agent  for  Hoe  with  a  steam 
press  which  the  Alta  tried  to  buy,  but  finally  they  had  to  admit 
Connor  as  a  partner  for  a  sixth  interest,  and  July  4,  the  paper  was 
printed  on  the  steam  press,  the  first  one  to  be  used  in  California. 
For  a  history  of  the  later  ownership  see  Kemble's  article  in  The 
Union. 

Vol.  II  of  the  weekly  began  January  5,  1850,  but  in  the  mean- 
time, December  10,  1840,  a  tri-weekly  issue  liegan,  issued  on  Mon- 
days' Wednesdays  and  Fridays,  with  a  new  numeration  as  Vol. 
I,  No.  1.  No.  20  of  January  22  contained  a  notice  to  the  effect 
that  the  paper  would  be  issued  daily,  and  consequently  on  the 
following  day  it  appeared  as  Alta  California.  Wednesday,  January 
23,  Vol.  I,  No.  21.  Published  daily  except  Sundays.  It  was  a 
smaller  paper  than  the  tri-weekly,  being  about  the  size  of  the 
original  weekly.  .    . 

February  25  the  paper  appeared  with  a  new  heading,  containmg 
a  vignette  taken  from  the  Great  Seal  of  California  and  designed 
by  H.  Eastman,  and  April  1  the  paper  was  enlarged  and  the  title 
changed   to   Daily  Alta   California. 

Sunday  issues  began  August  11,  1850,  and  December  19.  18o0, 
the  price  of  the  daily  was  reduced  from  $25.00  per  year  to  $15.00 
per  year. 

May  4,  1850.  the  buildings  of  the  paper  were  destroyed  by  fire, 
but  most  of  the  material  was  saved.  On  June  22,  1851,  the  entire 
plant  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but  the  paper  appeared  the  next  day 
on  a  small  sheet,  which  was  gradually  increased  in  size  until  by 
the  30th  the  paper  had  resumed  its  original  appearance. 

The  California  State  Library  owns  the  original  file,  which  pre- 
sumably is  complete,  although  probably  a  few  extras  and  suppk- 
ments  are  not  to  be  found.  The  file  continues  to  December  31, 
1855.  and  again  from  August  4.  1856,  to  August  20,  1886,  and  April 
1,  1887,  to  June  18,  1891,  which  I  understand  was  the  end  of  the 
publication. 

I  have  seen  in  the  Mass.  Hist.  Society  Library  the  following 
dated  San  Francisco,  Nov.  1,  1850— Letter  Sheet  Prices  Current. 
Prepared  Expressly  For  The  Daily  Alta  California.  A  small 
sheet  printed  on  one  side. 

24 

PLACER  TIMES. 

Vol.  I.  Sacramento  City,  April  28,  1849.  No.  1. 

Published  by  Edw.  C.  Kemble  &  Co.  on  Saturday. 

This  paper  was  owned  by  the  Alta  California  and  published  on 
the  original  Californian  press.  Kemble  himself  went  up  to  Sacra- 
mento to  start  it  and  published  a  long  salutatory  in  the  first 
number. 

No.  6  appeared  June  2.  and  No.  7  on  June  16.  Kemble  was  sick 
and  had  gone  away  and  this  number  was  gotten  out  by  volun- 
teers. Number  8.  June  2Z.  appeared  as  published  by  T.  R.  Per  Lee 
&   Company.     Per   Lee   only   stayed  two  weeks  and   left   the   paper 

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in  charge  of  J.  H.  Giles.  Xo.  16  appeared  as  published  by  J.  H. 
Giles,  for  Edw.  Gill)ert  and  Edw.  C.  Kemble.  September  12  an 
extra  was  issued  containing  a  reprint  of  the  pamphlet  issued  by 
Governor  Riley  entitled  "Translation  And  Digest  Of  Such  Por- 
tions Of  The  Mexican  Laws  Of  March  20th,  etc."  [Placer  Times, 
September  15,  1849.J  No.  21  appears  as  published  weekly  by  J.  H. 
Giles.  Nos.  22  to  24,  the  same  as  No.  16.  No.  25  contains  no  pub- 
lisher. From  No.  26  on  the  paper  was  published  by  J.  H.  Giles, 
for  E.  Gilbert  &  Company. 

January  15,   1850,  an  extra. 

April  13,  appeared  the  valedictory  of  Giles,  J.  E.  Lawrence 
being  about  to  take  his  place.  April  22,  on  Monday,  No.  49 
appeared  as  a  Tri-weekly  Placer  Times,  published  every  Monday, 
Wednesday  and  Friday  by  E.  Gilbert  &  Company.  J.  E.  Lawrence 
Editor.  May  31,  an  extra,  containing  an  Act  concerning  forcil)le 
entries  and  retainers. 

June  5,  contains  an  announcement  that  it  will  appear  as  a  daily 
next  week. 

June  10,  the  daily  appeared,  as  Daily  Placer  Times. 

October  8,  the  Times,  including  the  building  and  lots,  was  sold 
to  L.  Pickering,  J.  E.  Lawrence,  and  L.  Aldrich  for  $16,000,  and 
E.  Gilbert  &  Company's  valedictory  appeared  .the  same  day. 
Sometime  between  March  6  and  10,  1851,  the  name  was  changed 
to  Sacramento  Daily  Times,  but  between  April  22  and  May  10,  it 
appeared  as  the  Daily  Sacramento   Placer  Times.    ' 

June  15,  1851,  the  last  number  appeared,  it  being  at  that  time 
consolidated  with  the  Transcript. 

The  California  State  Library  contains  a  file  from  No.  1  to  No. 
69,  June  7,  1850,  lacking  No.  36  and.  the  extra  of  September  12. 

Lib.  Cong.  November  15  and  16,  1850.  February  18  to  March 
6,  1851.  March  10  to  April  22,  May  1-June  6. 

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PROCLAMATION 

[On  desertion  of  Sailors  and  Soldiers.] 

Given  at  Monterey,  California,  this  6th  day  of  May,  A.  D., 
1849.  B.  Riley,  Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  U.  S.  A.,  commanding-  10th 
Mil.  Dept.  and  Governor  of  California.  x\ttest :  H.  W.  Hal- 
leck,  Bvt.  Capt.  and  Secretary  of  State. 

Small  sheet  printed  on  one  side  of  note  paper  containing  thirty- 
one  lines  without  the  heading  and  subscription. 
Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XXXV,  No.  116. 
31st  Cong.  1st  Sess.  H.  R.  Ex.  Doc.  17,  page  760. 

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Orders  Headquarters,    Tenth    Military    Department, 

No.   16  Monterey,  Cal.,  May  8th,  1849. 

[Relates   in   eight   articles   to   the  distril)ution   of  the   troops   and   gen- 

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eral  rules  for  guidance  of  commanders  due  to  the  gold  excitement 
and  stealing-  of  horses  by   Indians.] 

By  order  of  General  Riley.        [Signed]  Ed.  M.  Canby, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

Three  pages  of  small  note  paper. 
Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XIII,  No.  16. 

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Orders  Headquarters,   Tenth    Military    Department, 

No.   17  Monterey.  Cal.,  May  8th.  1849. 

[Instructions  from  the   Secretary  of  War.] 

By  order  of  General  Riley.        [Signed]  Ed.  M.  Canby, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

One  page  of  small  note  paper. 
Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XIII,  No.  17. 

28 

Orders  Headquarters,    Tenth    Military    Department, 

No.   19  Monterey,  Cal.,  May   11th,  1849. 

[Penalties   for  desertion.] 

By  order  of  General  Riley.-       [Signed]  Ed.  M.  Canby, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

One  page  of  small  note  paper. 
Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XIII,  Xo.  18. 

29 

Orders  Headquarters.    Tenth    Military    Department, 

No.  21  Monterey,  Cal.,  May  18th,  1849. 

[Establishing  express  mail  routes  in  California.] 

By  order  of  General  Riley.        [Signed]  Ed.  M.  Canby, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

One  page  of  small  note  paper. 
Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XIII,  No.  19. 

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PROCLAMATION  TO  THE  PEOPLE  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Large  folio  broadside  printed  on  one   side  only,  in   four  col- 
umns. 

[At  end!  Given  at  Monterey.  California,  this  third  day  of 
June,  A.  D.  1849.  (Si.gned)  B.  Riley.  Brevet  Brio-.  Genl.  U. 
S.  A.  and  Governor  of  California.  Official — H.  W.  Halleck, 
Bvt.  Capt.  and  Secretary  of  State. 

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PROCLAMA  A  LOS  HABITANTES  DE  CALIFORNIA. 

Large  folio  broadside  printed  on  one  side  only,  in  four  col- 
umns. 

[•\t  end!  Dado  in  Alonterev,  California,  esta  dia  tres  de 
Junio  de  1849.  (Signed)  B.  Riley,  Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  U.  S.  A. 
and  Governor  of  California.  Official,  H.  W.  Halleck,  Bt. 
Capt.  and  Secretary  of  State. 

This  is  Riley's  proclamation  calling  for  an  election  of  delegates 
to  meet  at  Monterey  September  1,  and  assigning  the  election  dis- 
tricts. 

Aha,  June  14. 

Ban.  Lib.  Pico  Doc.  Vol.  II,  Nos.  218  and  219.  ^ 

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PROCLAMATION. 


To  The  People  Of  The  District  Of  San  Francisco. 

[This  proclamation  refers  to  the  troubles  in  San  Francisco  grow- 
ing out  of  the  actions  of  the  legislative  assembly  and  the  removal 
of  the  public  records  by  the  sheriff  from  the  custody  of  the  first 
alcalde.] 

[At  end]  Given  at  Monterey,  California,  this  4th  day  of 
lune  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  1849.  B.  Riley,  Brevet  Brig. 
Gen.  U.  S.  A.,  and  Governor  of  California.  Official:  H.  W. 
Halleck,  Brevet  Captain,  and  Secretary  of  State. 

This  proclamation  was  undoubtedly  printed  as  a  broadside  but  I 
have  not  succeeded  in  locating  a  copy  of  it,  although  in  a  letter 
of  Riley  to  Adjutant  General  Jones,  dated  June  19,  he  says  he  is 
enclosing  a  printed  copy  of  this  Proclamation— page  783,  Ex.  Doc. 
17,  H.  R.  31st  Cong.  1st  Sess.  The  Proclamation  itself  will  be 
found  printed  on  page  111  of  the  same  document. 

Aha  June  14,  says  it  was  published  June  9,  l)ut  I  have  only 
seen  a   manuscript  copy   of  it. 

THE  PACIFIC  NEWS. 

Devoted  to  Commerce,  Arts,   Science,  Education,   Literature, 
Morals  and  General  Intelligence. 

Vol.  I.  San  Francisco,  Alta  California,  August  25.  1849.    No.  1 
The    Pacific    News   published    every    Tuesday,    Thursday 
and  Saturday  evenings,  by  Faulkner  and  Leland. 

On  four  pages,  and  the  same  size  as  the  Aha  Tri-weekly,  it 
was  printed  on  a  press  which  Faulkner  brought  out,  and  on  which 
he    had    published    a    paper    at    Norwich,    Connecticut.      The    hrst 

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issues  may  have  been  evening  issues,  but  the  paper  was  soon 
changed  to  a  morning  paper.  A  weekly  edition  began  September 
1,  with  a  different  numeration  from  the  tri-weekly.  October  18,  an 
extra  was  published  on  the  arrival  of  the  Oregon,  and  the  regular 
edition  published  the  same  day  was  enlarged.  During  Noveml)er 
and  December  many  supplements  appeared  containing  advertise- 
ments printed  on  the  regular  size  sheet,  but  the  news  issues  were 
printed  on  very  small  sheets  on  account  of  the  shortage  of  paper. 
December  25,  the  paper  had  a  new  heading,  containing  under  the 
title  "Every  Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Saturday."  March  4,  1850,  it 
appeared  as  the  Daily  Pacific  News.  September  17,  the  paper  was 
burned  out  and  did  not  reappear  until  Octoljer  1.  It  was  burned 
out  again  May  4,  1851,  but  reappeared  on  the  7th.  I  do  not  know 
when  it  was  last  issued.  Kemble  says  it  was  discontinued  in  1,851. 
It  was  certainly  not  running  in  the  latter  part  of  the  summer,  as 
it  was  not  represented  at  the  Editorial  Convention  August  8  and  9. 

The  information  regarding  ownership  is  not  very  consistent. 
January  3,  1850,  there  is  a  notice  that  Leland  had  sold  his  interest 
to  R.  T.  P.  Allen.  At  the  same  time  F.  C.  Ewer  became  editor, 
hut  resigned  March  25.  Jonas  Winchester  became  associate  editor 
March  8,  and  succeeded  Ewer  as  editor  on  his  resignation.  At 
about  this  period  he  became  part  owner,  as  on  May  23  the  paper 
appeared  as  published  by  J.  Winchester,  and  R.  N.  Allen,  who  had 
bought  Faulkner's  interest.  A  few  days  before  the  fire  September 
17,  Allen  sold  his  interest  to  Skillman,  and  when  the  publication 
was  resumed  October  1,  it  appeared  as  published  by  Winchester, 
Skillman  &  Co.,  J.  Winchester  Editor,  H.  L.  Winants  and  C.  M, 
Blake,  Associate  Editors.  Mar.  6,  1851,  a  new  firm,  Skillman, 
Wilkinson  Co.,  appeared  as  owners  and  publishers. 

Only  very  incomplete  files  of  this  paper  exist,  and  they  are 
only  to  be  found  in  the  Library  of  Congress  and  in  the  Bancroft 
Library.  The  Library  of  Congress  has  Nos.  1  to  30  [lacking  26] 
and  scattering  numbers  up  to  No.  51.  The  Bancroft  Library  has 
a  large  number  of  the  supplements  of  November,  December,  1849, 
and  a  fairly  complete  file  from  October  1,  1850,  to  April  24,  \8A. 

33 

TRANSLATION  AND  DIGEST  Of  Such  Portions  Of; The 
Mexican  Laws | Of  1  March  20th  and  May  23d,  1837, | As  Are 
Supposed  To  Be  Still  In  Force  And  Ad'apted  To  The! Pres- 
ent Condition!  Of]  California;  I  With  I  An  Introduction  And 
Notes,!  By  I  J.  Halleck,  Attorney  At  Law,]  And  jW.  E.  P. 
Hartnell,  Government  Translator. 

San  Francisco: [Printed  At  The  Office  Of  The  Alta  Cali- 
fornia.! 1849.  | 

8°,  26  pages. 

The  President's  message  of  January  21,  1850,  contains  some  cor- 
respondence relative  to  the  printing  of  these  laws,  and  consider- 
al)le  correspondence  relating  to  the  necessity  of  some  authoritative 
statement  as  to  what  laws  were  in  effect.  Mason's  letter  to  Fol- 
som,  Alay  21,  1848,  states  that  he  is  sending  Hartnell  to  San  Fran- 
cisco to  superintend  printing  of  a  translation  of  some  laws,  but  to 
be  printed  in  both  Spanish  and  English.     He  directs  that  no  copies 

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be  retained  ])y  tlie  printer  or  allowed  to  go  abroad.  October  14, 
Mason  to  Hastings:  "Owing  to  the  stoppage  of  the  presses  on 
account  of  the  gold  mines  the  laws  were  not  printed  before  receiv- 
ing notification  of  the  signing  of  the  treaty  between  Mexico  and 
the  United  States."  Mason  expected  Congress  to  make  some  im- 
mediate regulations,  but  failing  this,  and  the  necessity  of  some 
laws  becoming  more  and  more  pressing  Riley  took  up  the  matter 
and  July  3,  1849,  Ilaileck  writes  Boggs  that  a  translation  of  the 
laws  of  1837  respecting  jurisdiction  of  the  courts  will  soon  be 
published.  August  10  and  17  Halleck  writes  Boggs  and  Brackett 
that  translation  is  in  process  and  in  the  last  says  it  will  be  ready 
for  delivery  in  a  few  days.  From  this  it  seems  likely  that  the 
pamphlet  appeared  between  August  17  and  31.  Aha,  Sc?ptemljer 
20,  notices  it. 

In  a  letter  from  Halleck  to  Hawes  w^e  learn  that  the  Placer 
Times  presented  a  bill  of  .$500,  for  publishing  copies  of  the  Laws 
of  Calitornia,  a  reprint  of  this  pamphlet.  Placer  Times  Septeml)er 
15,  says  the  laws  were  published  as  an  extra  last  Wednesday,  Sep- 
tember 12. 

Copies  in  Mr.  Huntington's  collection,  formerly  Mr.  Macdon- 
ald's,  and  X.  Y.  Hist.  Soc.  There  is  supposed  to  be  a  copy  be- 
longing to  the  Southern  California  Historical  Society,  but  I  do  not 
know  whether  it  is  still  to  be  found  there  or  not. 

34 


SAN  FRANCISCO  LETTER  SHEET  PRICE  CURRENT 
AND  REVIEW  OF  THE  MARKET. 

\^ol.  I.  San  Francisco,  September  28,  1849.  No.  2. 

William  W.  Gallaer,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 

[At  the  end]    Printed  at  the  Pacific  News  Office. 

At  the  head  of  the  first  column  is  a  notice  that  it  was 
published  on  the  28th  of  each  month.  It  is  in  the  form  of 
a  letter  sheet,  printed  on  the  first  and  last  page,  with  the 
second  and  third  pages  blank.  From  the  date  it  appears 
that  the  first  issue  was  August  28. 

Same,  Voktme  I,  No.  IX,  San  Francisco,  February  27, 
1850. 

[At  the  end]     Printed  at  the  Pacific  News  Press. 
This  number  is  printed  on  both  sides  of  a  sheet  of  fools- 
cap ])aper  and  contains  a  notice  that  it  is  issued  on  the  loth 
and  28th  of  each  inonth. 

Same.  Volume  I,  No.  XIII,  Way  15,  1850.    [At  end]  Pacific  , 
News  Press. 

Printed  on  one  side  of  the  sheet  only.  In  this  last  ninn- 
ber  the  editor's  name  is  spelled  (jallalur. 

This  is  apparently  the  letter  sheet  Price  Current  which  is  re- 
ferred to  in  various  issues  of  the  Pacific  News  as  a  publication  of 
that  journal. 

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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


Nos.  2  and  9  in  the  Bancroft  Library,  Xo.  13  in  the  collection 
of  R.  E.  Cowan. 

Mass.  Hist.  Society,  Xo.  4,  Xov.  13.  Pacific  Xews  Press,  1  sheet 
both  sides. 

Xo.  X.  March  30,   1850.     Pacific  Xews  Press,  1   sheet  both  sides. 

'Vo.  XI,  April   19.   1850,   Pacific  Xews  Press,   1   sheet  one  side. 

Xo.  XII,  April  29,  1850.     Xo  printer.     Both  sides. 

35 

PROCLAMATION  |  TO  THE  \  PEOPLE  OF  SACRA- 
MENTO CITY,  By  Order  Of  The  President  And  City 
Ccitincil. 

[Begins]  On  the  1st  day  of  August,  1849,  we  were  elected 
councilmen  of  the  City we  again  request  the  resi- 
dents of  Sacramento  City  to  meet  at  the  St.  Louis  Ex- 
change on  next   Wednesday  Evening  at then  and 

there  to  declare  what  thev  wish  the  City  Council  to  do  ...  . 
[Signed]      A.  M.  WINN, 

President. 
M.  T.  McClellan,  B.  Jennings,  lohn  P.  Rogers, 

T.  L.  Chapman,  P.  B.  Cornwall,        H.  E.  Robinson, 

Messrs.  E.  Gillespie  And  Wm.  Stout  Absent. 
Sacramento  City,  Oct.  1st,  1849. 

Folio  broadside  printed  on  one  side. 

California  State   Library,  only  copy  located. 

36 

CONSTITUTION  OF     THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA.] 

San  Francisco: [Printed  At  The  Office  Of  The  Alta  Cali- 
fornia. 1 1849. 1 

8°,  19  pages  inchiding  title. 

16  pages  of  Constitution  and  3  of  Address  To  The  People 
Of  California. 

Riley's  Proclamation  of  Oct.  12,  1849,  is  printed  on  the  liack  of 
the  title. 

CONSTITUCION  DEL  ESTADO  DE  CALIFORNIA. 

San  Francisco:  Imprenta  Del  Oficio  De  Alta  California. 
1849. 

8°,  16  pages. 

The  Spanish  edition  is  printed  in  smaller  type  and  thus^  occu- 
pies only  16  pages,  the  Address  being  contained  on  pages  15  and 
16.  At  the  end  is  a  certificate  of  Hartnell  as  translator,  and  Hal- 
leck  as  certifying  to  correctness  of  the  copy. 

It  is  stated  that  8000  copies  in  English  and  2000  in  Spanish 
were  printed,  paid  for  by  Riley. 

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The  Alta,  Octol)cr  25,  notices  just  puljlishcd  in  both  English 
and   Spanish. 

English  edition  in  the  Huntington   Library. 

Spanish   edition  in  the   Bancroft   Library,  the  only  copy  located. 

37 

PROCEEDINGS  ,  OF     THE  l  TOWN     COUNCIL,!Of jSan 
Francisco,! Upper  California. | 

San  Francisco  :  I  Alta  California  Press.  1849.  | 
8°,  title,  pages  [3]-17. 

PROCEEDIXGS  OF  THE  TOWN  COUNXIL,  SAX  FRAXCISCO, 
UPPER  CALIFORXIA. 

San  Francisco :     Alta  California  Press.     1849. 
8°,  title,  pages  [21]-39. 

This  second  part  contains  the  Proceedings  from  Xovember  3 
to  December  24  and  must  therefore  have  been  printed  between 
that  date  and  the  31st.     200  copies  were  ordered  printed. 

PROCEEDIXGS   OF   THE   TOWX    COUXCIL   OF   SAX    FRAN- 
CISCO, UPPER  CALIFORXIA. 

Printed  At  The  Alta  California  Office.     1850. 
8°,  title,  pages  [43] -62. 

This,  the  third  of  the  Proceedings,  contains  the  Proceedings 
from  December  26,  1849,  to  January  30,  1850.  200  copies  were 
ordered  printed. 

PROCEEDIXGS   OF   THE   TOWX    COUXCIL   OF    SAX    FRAN- 
CISCO, UPPER  CALIFORXIA. 

San  Francisco :  Printed  At  The  Office  Of  The  Alta  Cali- 
fornia.    1850. 

8°,  title,  pages  [67] -105. 

This  last  part  contains  the  Proceedings  from  January  30  to 
April  8.  On  that  day  they  were  ordered  printed,  out  no  mnnbcr 
was  specified. 

Huntington  Library,  all  four  parts,  only  complete  set  I  have 
seen. 

38 

SALE  OF  LOTS   In   The  City  of  San   Francisco,  At  Ptiblic 
Auction.     George  E.  Tyler,  Auctioneer. 

San  Francisco :     Alta  California  Press.     1849. 
8",  8  pages. 

On  the  verso  of  the  title  is  the  order  of  John  W.  Geary  order- 
ing the  sale  on  November  19. 

Copy  in  the  Golden  Gate  Museum,  S.  F. 

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CALIFORNIA  MERCHANTS'  AND  MINERS'  ALMA- 
NAC,! Anno  Domini  j  1850, 1  Second  After  Bissextile,  Being- 
after  July  4th,  the  75th  year  of  American  Independence.] 
Calculated  for  the  State  of  California,  in  latitude  30^  and 
42°  |N.  and  between  112°  48'  and  122'^  14'  W.  longitude] 
from  Greenwich.] 

Calculations  Made  And  Published  By] Warren  Mix.j 

San  Francisco  :]Alta  California   Press.] 

Small  8°,  16  pages  consisting  of  the  title  with  a  list  of 
eclipses  on  the  verso,  a  leaf  "To  The  Public"  signed  War- 
ren Mix,  Sacramento  City,  November  17,  1850,  with  some 
verses  on  the  verso,  and  six  leaves  of  Almanac.  The  title 
bears  a  vignette  of  the  American  flag,  with  the  inscription 
"No  king  but  God     No  Land  but  Liberty". 

The  date  1850  at  the  end  of  the  Preface,  must  be  an  error  for 
1849,  as  the  Ahnanac  is  for  the  year  1850. 

The  Pacific.  Xews,  No.  51,  December  20,  1849,  notices  the  ap- 
pearance of  this  Almanac;  also 

The   Placer  Times,   December  29,   1849. 

The  only  copy  known  is  in  the  Museum  in  Golden  Gate  Park. 

40 

ELECTION  NOTICE 

December  1,  the  Town  Council  authorized  the  printing  of  a 
handbill  recommending  Friday  the  6th  for  election  of 
eleven  delegates  to  draft  the  City  Charter. 

I  have  not  been  able  to  locate  a  copy  of  this  broadside. 

41 

PUBLIC  NOTICE. 

[At  the_  bottom]  By  Order  of  the  Town  Council,  Frank  Turk, 
President. 

[And  below  this  on  the  left]  H.  L.  Dodge,  Secretarv.  San  Fran- 
cisco, Dec.  21,  1849. 

Small  handbill  setting  forth  the  illegality  of  G.  Q.  Col- 
ton's  grants  and  advising  that  the  Council  had  instructed 
A.  C.  Peachy,  its  attorney,  to  institute  proceedings  in  order 
to  establish  the  invalidity  of  Colton's  deeds. 

Museum,  Golden  Gate  Park.     Only  copy  located. 

42 

NOTICE. 

At  a.  Special  Meeting  of  the  Town  Council,  to  take  into  con- 
sideration the  necessity  of  making  immediate  arrangements 

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f(ir   the    protection    and    a£sistance   of   the   sufferers   by    the 

conflagration  of  this  morning 

A  folio  broadside  printed  on  one  side  only  and  signed  at 
the   end — H.   L.   Dodge,   Secretary.     San    Francisco,   Dec.  24, 
1849. 

Copy  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  J.  L.  Hitchcock.  Only  copy 
located. 

43 

WIERZBICKI,  F.  P. 

California  I  As  It  Is,  And  As  It  May  Be,  I  Or,]  A  Guide  To  The 
Gold  Region.] By  F.  P.  Wierzbicki,  M.D.jSan  Francisco, 
California.  I  First  Edition.] 

San  Francisco: ] Printed  By  Washington  Bartlett,|No.  8, 
Clay-Street.]  1849.] 

8°,  60  pages  and  1  unnumbered  leaf  of  Errata  at  the  end. 

The  leaf  of  title  contains  on  the  verso — copyright  secured — and 
this  is  followed  by  a  leaf  with  the  Preface  on  the  recto  and  the 
verso  blank,  the  text  beginning  on  page  5.  The  Preface  is  dated 
San     Francisco.     .September    30,     1849,     and     signed — The    Autlior. 

Pacific  News  reviews  this  from  proof  sheets   Dec.  22  and  Dec.  25 

announces  publication. 

California]  As  It  Is,  And  As  It  Mav  Be,  |  Or,  I A  Guide  To 
The  Gold  Region.] By  F.  P.  Wierzbicki,  M.D.jSan  Fran- 
cisco, California.] Second  Edition.] 

San  Francisco:] Printed  By  Washington  Bartlett,!No.  8, 
Clay-Street.]  1849.] 

8°,  [6],  [5]  to  76  pages  and  1  unnumbered  leaf  of  Errata 
at  the  end. 

The  title  leaf  and  following  leaf  of  Preface  are  the  same  as  in 
the  first  edit'on  with  the  exception  of  the  different  wording  on  the 
title  page.  Inserted  after  the  leaf  of  Preface  is  an  additional  leaf 
with  Preface  to  the  second  edition  on  the  recto  and  the  verso 
l)lank.  Pages  5-60  in  the  text  are  the  same  as  in  the  first  edition, 
the  errata  not  having  been  corrected.  l)ut  pages  61-76  are  new, 
having  a  caption  title,  The   Natives  of  California. 

The  Preface  to  the  second  edition  is  dated  San  Francisco  De- 
cember 30,  1849,  signed — The  Author — from  which  it  appears 
likely  that  although  the  title  page  bears  the  date  of  1849,  this  sec- 
ond edition  did  not  appear  until  January,  1850.  The  errata  were 
not  corrected  in  the  second  edition,  but  the  sheet  was  reprinted 
to  add  a  few  more  errata  in  the  new  part  added. 

Still  and  Thomas  bought  the  unsold  edition  from  Wierzbicki. 
[Aha.  February  22,  1850]  and  Still  and  Connor  advertised  in  Sac. 
Transcript  June  21  the  second  edition  as  just  pul)lished.  This  book 
for  a  long  time  was,  and  still  is,  for  that  matter,  generally  stated 
to  be  the  first  l)Ook  printed  in  San   Francisco,  or   California.     Iliis 

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is  not  true  in  any  sense,  as  Figueroa's  Manifesto,  printed  in  Mon- 
terey in  1835,  was  actually  the  first  book  printed  in  California. 
iSevertheless  this  is  the  first  book  of  an  original  nature  printed 
in  California,  in  English,  as  the  pamphlets  printed  before  this 
were  entirely  of  an  official  character.  From  this  fact,  and  the 
interesting  character  of  the  contents,  it  is  probably  the  most  im- 
portant book  that  was  ever  printed  in   California. 

I  have  been  able  to  find  out  very  little  about  Dr.  Wierzbicki. 
He  was  a  Pole  and  a  doctor  and  came  to  California  as  a  member 
of  the  New  York  Volunteers,  and  according  to  Bancroft  died  in 
San  Francisco,  in  1860.  He  had  probably  lived  in  the  east  some 
time  before  coming  to  California. 

Alex.  Holinski  in  his  "La  Californie"  Brussels,  1855,  speaks 
about  this  book  on  page  113.  He  says  that  the  Doctor  received 
$8,000  to  $10,000  out  of  the  two  editions,  but  it  can  now  be 
bought  for  25c.  This  was  in  the  fall  of  1850,  and  Still  and  Thomas, 
when  they  bought  the  edition  from  the  Doctor  in  Februar)-,  re- 
duced the  price  from  $5.  to  $1.50  and  in  June  to  50c. 

Bancroft  Library,  both  editions. 

44 

MESSAGE  OF  THE  GOVERNOR. 

I  have  not  been  able  to  find  a  copy  of  this  message,  Burnett's 
Inaugural  Message  to  the  first  Legislature  delivered  December  21, 
1849.  The  Placer  Times  of  January  5,  1850,  contains  a  notice  of 
it  and  says  it  is  for  sale  at  the  Times  office,  from  which  it  appears 
likely  that  it  was  printed  by  the  Alta  California  in  San  Francisco, 
about  January  1,  there  being  no  press  at  San  Jose,  at  that  time. 

MENSAGE  DEL  GOVERNADOR. 

Senores  del  Senado  Y  de  la  Asamblea :  las  circtimstancias 
bajo,  etc. 

8°,  7  pages, 

[Signed]   Pedro  F.  Burnett. 

Bancroft   Library,   Pico   Doc.   116.     Only  copy  located. 

The  Senate  December  21  authorized  the  printing  of  1,000  copies 
of  this  message  in  English  and  500  additional  for  the  use  of  Con- 
gress and  500  copies  in  Spanish.  The  House  authorized  the  print- 
ing of  10,000  copies  in  English  and  2500  in  Spanish  and  these 
14,500  copies  were  really  printed,  according  to  reports  of  the  State 
Printer  although  I  judge  that  very  few  were  printed  in  Januarv. 

45 

CATALOGUE  OF  SALE  OF  WATER  LOTS  I  In  The  City 
of  San  Francisco,  To  Be  Sold  At j  Public  Auction,! On 
Thursday,  January  3d,  1850.1  At  Ten  O'Clock  A.  M.|In  front 
Of  the  Alcalde's  Office,  Portsmouth  Square,  j  George  E. 
Tyler,  Auctioneer.  | 

San  Francisco  :  I  Alta  California  Press.] 
8^  12  pages. 

Copy  in   the  Golden   Gate  Museum,   S.   F.     Only  copv  located. 

46 
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NEW  ELECTION!     Tuesday,  Jan.  8,  1850. 

Fellow-Citizens :  You  are  called  upon,  tomorrow,  to  elect 
a  City  Council  of  twelve  members,  to  regulate  your  munici- 
pal affairs 

A  large  election  broadside  printed  on  blue  paper  and 
dated  at  the  bottom,  San  Francisco,  Jan.  7th,  1850. 

Copy  in  the  Museum  in  Golden  Gate  Park.     Only  copy  located. 

47 

THE    CONSTITUTION    OF    THE    STATE    OF    CALI- 
FORNIA. 

San  Jose:     H.  H.  Robinson,  .State  Printer. 
Marcv  &  Co.,  Press.     1850. 
8°,  27  pages. 

From  the  fact  that  this  bears  the  imprint  of  Alarcy  &  Co.  I  con- 
sider that  it  was  one  of  the  first  things  printed  by  Robinson  after 
he  had  set  up  his  press  Jan.  11.  The  Senate,  January  17,  ordered 
100  copies  printed,  and  probably  this  is  one  of  the  copies  so 
ordered  printed. 

Pomona  College  Lili.     Onlv  copy  located. 

48 

LE  CALIFORNIEN. 

The  Aha  California.  January  22,  1850,  contains  a  notice  that  this 
paper  was  published  the  day  before  at  the  Maison  Chauviteau  on 
Clay  Street,  lithographed  on  a  sheet  of  foolscap  paper. 

Alta  of  March  19  notices  that  the  publication  of  this  paper, 
which  had  been  suspended  for  some  time  past,  will  be  resumed  on 
the  28th,  but  whether  it  was  resumed  or  not,  I  cannot  say,  as  I 
have  seen  no  further  notice  of  it. 

49 

JOURNAL  OF  COMMERCE  AND   DAILY  BULLETIN. 

Vol.  I.  San  Francisco,  January  23,  1850.  No.  1. 

Published  by  Geo.  W.  Macrae  and  W.  Bartlett. 

The  title  of  this  paper  is  taken  from  an  entry  No.  223  in  a  sale 
catalogue  of  the  American  Art  Association  of  a  sale  Fel)ruary  1, 
1921.  I  have  not  seen  these  numbers  nor  in  fact  but  two  or  three 
issues  of  this  newspaper,  no  file  being  in  existence,  as  far  as 
known.  In  March  it  was  appearing  as  the  Daily  Journal  of  Com- 
merce. 

A  prospectus  was  issued  January  18,  stating  that  a  daily  would 
be  published,  Monday,  January  22,  but  it  only  appeared  the  next 
day  on  foolscap  paper.  Bartlett  brought  the  press  from  Florida, 
and  Macrae  was  also  from  Florida,  having  been  a  judge  of  the 
supreme  court  there. 

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Early  m  February,  John  S.  Robb  arrived  in  San  Francisco  with 
two  presses,  and  February  19  entered  into  a  partnership  with 
Bartlett,  Macrae  either  having  retired  previously  or  at  that  time 
W.  G.  Marcy  is  also  stated  to  have  been  a  partner  at  this  time' 
but  the  firm  name  was  Bartlett  and  Robb.  ' 

May  4,  the  paper  was  burned  out,  but  appeared  the  next  day 
and  was  shortly  enlarged. 

June  14,  it  was  again  burned  out,  and  publication  was  not  re- 
sumed until  July  25,  Bartlett  being  then  the  sole  owner,  RoI)b  hav- 
ing gone  to  Stockton. 

The  Alta.  February  3,  1851,  states  that  the  Journal  of  Com- 
merce has  ceased  to  exist,  Bartlett  having  taken  an  interest  in  a 
morning  paper.     Kenible  says  it  was  last  issued  February  1.  1851. 

Some  time  in  the  spring  of  1850  the  title  was  changed' to' Daily 
journal  of  Commerce,  which  title  it  continued  to  bear  until  its 
dissolution. 

A  steamer  edition  was  issued  and  possibly  a  weekly  edition  but 
I  have  seen  no  copy  of  the  latter. 

No  file  of  this  is  known  to  exist.  I  have  located  only  a  few 
copies  in  the  Library  of  Congress,  namely,  March  15,  18  Mav  15 
October  10,  25,  December  17,  all  of  1850. 

50 


AN   ACT    TO   CHARTER   THE    CITY    OF    SAN    FRAN- 
CISCO. 

Printed  At  The  Alta  California  Office.     1850. 
8°,  title,  verso  blank,  pages  3-4. 

The  charter  contains  28  articles  prefixed  with  a  resolution  of 
the  Town  Council  of  the  30th  of  January,  1850,  to  the  effect  that 
the  committee  on  Judiciary  authorized  500  copies  to  be  printed 
besides  insertion  in  the  newspapers.  As  the  vote  was  to  be  taken 
February  2,  and  the  pamphlet  was  for  use  of  the  voters  it 
appears  that  it  must  have  been  printed  January  31,  or  February  1 
At  the  election  on  February  2,  the  Charter  was  adopted,  but  when 
the  Legislature  enacted  the  law  as  they  did  April  15.  it  was  not 
exactly  the  same  as  this  proposed  one. 

The  only  copy  I  have  located  is  in  the  Bancroft  Library. 

51 


(From  the  Pacific  News) 
Pacific  Tract  Society. 

A  sheet  of  blue  letter  paper  printed  on  one  side  only 
announcing  the  organization  of  the  Society,  February  24 
and  signed  Thomas  J.  Nevins,  Cor.  Secretary. 

Copy  in  the  Cowan  collection,  only  copy  located. 

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CAMPBELL  &  HOOGS'  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY 

The  Pacific  Xevvs  of  January  17,  1850,  contains  a  notice  that 
beginning  February  1  Campbell  and  Hoogs  will  publish  each 
month,  a  business  directory  of  San  Francisco  and  Sacramento,  and 
that  already  they  have  secured  two  hundred  subscribers.  It  was 
nothing  more  than  an  advertising  sheet  containing  a  small  card  of 
such  persons  as  were  willing  to  pay  $2.  for  each  insertion.  1  have 
seen  no  notice  of  an  issue  for  February,  but  it  appeared  in  March, 
probably  the  second  issue. 

Campbell  &  Hoogs'  San  Francisco  And  Sacramento  Citv  Di-. 
rectory,  For  March,  1850.  Published  Monthly  At"  The 
Office  Of  The  Proprietors  In  Clay  Street,  Near  Montgom- 
ery, South  Side,  Up  Stairs. 

Caption  title  only. 

8°,  8  pages  and  at  the  end, — Pacific  News  Press. 

This  is  arranged  in  two  columns  to  the  page,  and  at  the  head 
of  the  first  column  on  page  1  it  is  stated  that  Campbell  &  Hoogs' 
Business    Directory   for   San    Francisco   and    Sacramento    City    will 

])e  published  on  the  first  day  of  each  month Terms  $2.00 

per  month  for  name  and  business  address. 

Copy  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  J.  L.  Hitchcock.  Only  copy 
located. 

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CATALOGUE  OF  SALE  OF  LOTS  In  The  City  of  San 
Francisco,]  At i  Public  Auction, | On  j  Monday,  March  4,  1850. | 
At  Ten  O'Clock  A.  M.jA.  A.  Selover,  Auctioneer.] 

San  Francisco :     Printed  At  The  Office  Of  The  Alta  Cali- 
fornia. I  Portsmouth  Square.  ]  1850.  j 
8°,  7  pages. 

Copy  in  the  Golden  Gate  Museum,  S.  F.     Onlj^  copv  located. 

54 

STOCKTON  TIMES. 

Vol.  I.      Stockton,  Saturday  Morning,  Alarch  16,  1850.      No.  1 

[Published  by  H.  H.  Radclifife  and  John  White,  weekly 
on  Saturdays,  and  edited  by  John  White.] 

The  first  number  contained  four  pages,  but  subsequently  the 
regular  issue  was  eight  pages.  The  paper  was  about  the  same 
size  as  the  original  Californian,  indeed  it  was  printed  on  the 
same  press,  which  had  been  bought  by  RadclifTe  from  the  Alta 
California.  The  subscription  price  was  $12.  a  year  or-  25c  a  copy. 
The  first  number  contains  no  name  of  publisher  or  editor,  )nit  an 
unsigned  salutatory  stating  that  Dr.  H.  H.  Radcliffc  will  contrib- 
ute articles  on   Mineralogy,  etc. 

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Xo    2    J.  White  editor,  appears  on  the  second  page. 

No.  4,'  appears  as  published  by  H.  H.  Radcliffe  and  J.  White. 

No.  lb,  appears  enlarged  with  a  new  title— Stockton  Times  And 
Tualumne  City  Intelligencer,  which  it  continued  to  bear  until  Num- 
ber 42.  ,     ,  r 

No.   13,  contains  an  additional  sheet   of  two  pages. 

No.  17,  July  6,  enlarged  to  nearly  double  size,  but  reduced  to 
four  pages,  of  four  columns  each. 

No.  19.  Radcliffe  replaced  White  as  editor  and  the  paper  was 
again  enlarged. 

No.  20,  has  only  two  pages  and  Radcliffe  appears  as  sole  owner. 

No.  30.  White  again  appears  as  part  owner. 

No.  31,  White  also  appears  as  associate  editor. 

No.  2)7,  White  now  appears  as  sole  editor. 

No.  43,  Wednesday,  January  1,  1851,  appears  with  a  new  head- 
ing—Stockton Times— printed  on  a  somewhat  smaller  sheet.  An 
ap'ology  appears  in  this  number  for  not  beginning  as  a  daily 
according  to  notice.  However,  it  was  afterwards  issued  Wednes- 
days and  Saturdays. 

January  4,  No.  44,  appeared  as  Volume   II,  No.  2. 

No.  4,  Root  and  White  appear  as  editors. 

No.  5,  J.  White  and  A.  W.  Root  appear  as  editors. 

No.  34,  April  27,  contains  a  notice  that  the  paper  has  been  sold, 
but  will  appear  May  1,  under  a  new  name,  as  a  democratic  organ. 
Stockton  Public   Library  has  a  complete  file  except   Number  26, 
of  Volume  II. 

SACRAMENTO  TRANSCRIPT. 

Vol.  I.  Sacramento  City,  California,  April  1.  No.  1. 

Published  every  Monday,  Wednesday  and  Friday,  by 
Fitch,  Upham  &  Co.  G.  Kenyon  Fitch,  S.  C.  Upham,  H.  S. 
Warren,  J.  M.  Julian,  T.  Russell.  F.  C.  Ewer. 

The  paper  was  edited  by  Fitch  &  Ewer.  The  subscription  price 
was  $16.00  a  year  or  12i^c  a  copy  and  when  first  published  the 
paper  consisted  of  four  pages  on  a  folio  sheet. 

April  16  publication  days  were  changed  to  Tuesdays,  Thursdays 
and   Saturdays. 

The  initial  issue  of  this  paper  contained  at  the  head  between 
the  words  Sacramento  and  Transcript,  a  vignette,  apparently  a 
view  of  the  Sacramento  River  at  Sacramento  with  a  small  steamer 
in  the  foreground,  the  whole  surrounded  by  the  inscription — Sacra- 
mento City.  Chartered  By  The  People  Oct.  13,  1849.— Below  it 
carries  the  following  inscription — Harrison  Eastman.  Del  Et  Sc 
San  Francisco. 

A  steamer  edition  was  issued,  the  first  I  think  being  April  26. 
June  1,  1850,  with  No.  27,  it  began  as  a  daily,  the  numeration  be- 
ing continued. 

July  1  Upham  sold  his  interest  to  Gilbert  C.  Weld,  who  died  on 
the  9th  of  August,  but  the  firm  name  changed  to  Fitch,  Weld  & 
Co.  continued  long  after  Weld's  death. 

July  23,  No.  70  appeared  enlarged. 

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Jan.  20,  1851,  the  price  was  reduced  to  50c  a  week  and  about 
March  15,  5c  a  copy. 

June  16,  1851,  the  Transcript  was  consolidated  with  the  Times, 
at  this  time  Fitch  being  practically  the  sole  owner,  and  Pickermg 
and  Lawrence  owning  the  Times.  The  new  paper  appeared  that 
day,  as  the  Placer  Times  and  Transcript. 

In  June,  1852,  the  paper  was  transferred  to  San  Francisco  where 
it  died  in  1856. 

See  Samuel  C.  Upham's  notes  of  a  voyage  to  California  via 
Cape  Horn,  together  with  scenes  in  Eldorado  in  the  years  1849-50. 
Philadelphia,  1878,  for  a  full  description  of  the  founding  and  early 
life  of  this  paper. 

Cal.  State  Library  has  Vol.  I,  Xos.  1  to  150,  October  24,  1850, 
and  Vol.  II,  Nos.  1   to  132. 

Lib.  Cong.  April  1-June  4,  1851.  lacking  a  few  numbers. 

Steamer  editions  for  April  26,  May  29,  June  29,  July  30.  August 
30    September  30,  October  14.  31,  November  14.  29.  December  13 
28     1850,   January    14,    February    1,    14,   28,    March    14,   April    1,    15, 
May  1,  15,  June  1,  1851. 

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THE  WATCHMAN. 

Albert  Williams,  Editor.  Published  Monthly 

Vol.  I.  San  Francisco,  April  1,  1850.  No.  1. 

The  Watchman  was  published  at  the  office  of  the  Daily  Journal 
of  Commerce,  of  quarto  size,  or  small  folio,  contained  8  pages  and 
sold  for  50c  a  number. 

Williams  was  a  pioneer  preacher  and  this  is  a  religious  journal, 
containing  little  or  no  news. 

June  1,  No.  3  appeared,  and  that  appears  to  be  the  last  number 
known  to  have  been  published  although  an  advertisement  by  Wil- 
liams in  the  Courier  of  June  29  says  arrangements  have  been  made 
for  its  early  continuance,  the  interruption  having  been  caused  by 
the  June  14th  fire  which  destroyed  the  office  of  the  Journal  of 
Commerce.  Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  Alta  of  April  13 
says  not  enough  copies  of  No.  1  had  been  sold  to  pay  expenses, 
on  the  11th  of  May  it  notices  the  appearance  of  a  supplement, 
containing  a  sermon  of  Williams,  May  5. 

Williams  in  his  Pioneer  Pastorate  And  Times,  San  Francisco, 
1879,  gives  a  short  account  of  this  paper.  After  speaking  of  the 
destruction  of  the  printing  office,  in  which  the  paper  was  printed, 
he  uses  the  following  language:  "With  the  4th  number  and  copy 
prepared  for  another  issue,  the  first  religious  newspaper  published 
on  the  coast,  came  to  an  end."  This  is  somewhat  ambiguous,  but 
I  gather  that  the  4th  number  was  actually  issued,  probably  he 
counts  the  supplement  as  one,  as  no  issue  was  made  July  1.  As 
early  as  November  1,  1849.  the  Alta  had  a  notice  that  this  paper 
was  to  appear  in  November. 

Numl)er  1   in  my  collection,  and  No.  3  in  the  Bancroft  Lil)rary. 

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REPORTS  OF  THE  ALCALDE,   Comptnjller,  And  Treas- 
urer of  San  Francisco. 

San  Francisco :     Printed  At  The  Office  Of  The  Alta  Cali- 
fornia.    1850. 

8°,  title,  leaf  of  letter  of  J.  W.  Geary,  March  18,  1850. 
Report  City  Comptroller,  pages  [5] -7— Accounts  only. 
"     Treasurer,  9-15 — Accounts  only. 
"     Alcalde,  17-36,  lots  sold— list  only. 

Alta  of  April   10.  notices  as  just  printed. 

Bancroft  Library.  __ 

ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  of  California] In  Relation 
To  I  Health  Officers,  [Marine  Hospital,!  And  Quarantine  of 
Vessels,! For  The] Port  Of  San  Francisco.! Passed,  April, 
1850.1 

San  Francisco,  Calj  Pacific  News  Press.  11850. 

8°,  12  pages. 

The  Acts  were  passed  April  8  and  9,  and  the  certification  at 
the  end  by  the  Secretary  of  State  bears  the  date  April  12  so  u  is 
probable  that  the  pamphlet  was  issued  a  few  days  afterward. 

The  only  copy  located  is  in  my  collection. 

A  FAITHFUL  TRANSLATION  Of  The! Papers  respecting 
The.    Grant!Made     By     Governor     AlvaradoltolMi'.     J.     A. 

Sutter.!  r    1       A 

12°,  12  pages.— [At  end  signed  by]  Officers  of  the  Associa- 
tion elected  December  18th,  1849,  to  serve  for  the  term  of 
one  year.  Charles  Robinson,  President,  Etc.  J.  Plumbe, 
Surveyor  and  Register.     Sacramento  City,  1850. 

The  association  was  the  Squatter  Association.  This  contains  a 
translation  made  by  Hartnell  of  the  grant  to  Sutter  with  remarks 
bv  the  Committee.  The  remarks  were  written  by  Plunibe  and  this 
is  the  earliest  known  pamphlet  or  book  printed  in  Sacramento, 
having  been  printed  by  Plumbe  in  April.  It  was  reviewed  in  the 
Placer  Times  June  5,  and  7,  where  it  is  stated  that  it  was  pub- 
lished early  in  April. 

It  was  reprinted  with  comments  in  the  Settlers  and  Miners 
Tribune,  No.  3  of  November  14,  1850.  u       i    iq^q 

Plumbe  arrived  at  Sacramento  overland  about  December  1,  l«4y. 
having  crossed  the  mountains  to  satisfy  himself  of  the  importance 
and  feasibility  of  a  Pacific  railroad.  He  published  articles  on  the 
Pacific  railroad  and  land  titles  in  the  Placer  Times,  January  Zb, 
February  2,  16,  and  23,  and  March  9,  1850.  He  must  have  gone 
east  some  time  during  the   summer. 

The  only  copy  located  is  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  C.  T.  Crocken 

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CATALOGUE  OF  SALE  OF  LOTS  InThe  City  of  San 
Francisco,  i  At  Public  Auction,  On  Saturday,  April  20th!  At 
Ten  O'clock  A.  M.  A.  A.  Selover,  City  Auctioneer.' 

San  Francisco:  I  Printed  At  The  journal  of  Commerce  Of- 
fice,] Clay  Street.]  1850.] 

8°,  8  pages. 

Copy  in  the  Golden  Gate  Museum.  S.  F.     Only  copy  located. 

61 

BOGARDUS'  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY,  For  San  Fran- 
cisco And  Sacramento  City.     For  ]\Iay,  1850. 

Published  Monthly  At  William  B.  Cooke  8z  Co.'s  Book- 
store, Exchange  Building,  Portsmouth  Square. 

Caption  title  only. 

8  =  ,  8  pages  and  at  the  end  Pacific  News  Press. 

Arranged  in  two  columns  and  at  the  head  of  the  first  column 
on  page  1  is  found  "Bogardus'  Business  Directory  will  be  pub- 
lished on  the  first  of  each  month"  and  at  the  end  is  a  note  stating 
that  "the  present  number  of  the  Directory  has  been  detained  a 
few  days  beyond  its  usual  date  of  publication  in  order  to  give  to 
the  public,  the  present  location  of  those  who  were  burned  out  by 
the  late  fire." 

From  this  it  appears  that  it  was  not  issued  until  after  May  4. 
Placer  Times,  May  21,  notices  just  received. 

It  is  uncertain  whether  this  is  the  first  issue  by  Bogardus.  or 
whether  Campbell  &  Hoogs  issued  the  April  number.  It  is  quite 
certain  from  the  general  get-up  of  the  pamphlet  and  the  wording 
of  the  preliminary  statement  that  this  is  a  successor  of  Campbell 
&  Hoogs'  Business  Directory.  In  fact,  I  am  inclined  to  believe 
that  the  publication  belonged  to  the  Pacific  News  and  that  Camp- 
bell &  Hoogs  and  Bogardus  were  simply  working  on  a  commis- 
sion basis. 

Copy  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  J.  L.  Hitchcock.  Only  copy 
located. 

•    62 

RESOLUTIONS  l)y  the  Miners'  Committee  of  Georgetown, 
Tuolumne  County,  signed  Francis  D.  Clark,  Chairman. 

Upham  page  328  gives  an  account  of  this  meeting  opposing  the 
current  anti-alien  movement  and  at  which  time  250  copies  were 
ordered  printed  in  English  and  Spanish.  This  was  some  time  in 
May,  1850,  and  the  resolutions  on  handbill  were  probably  printed 
in  Sacramento  about  that  time. 

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CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  GRAND  LODGE  Of  Free  And 
Accepted  Masons]  For] The  State  Of  California,!  AndMin- 
utes  Of  The  Proceedings  Of  The  Convention] To  Constitute 

Said  Lodge.] 

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San  Francisco:  Printed  Bv  Bartlett  &  Robh,  Journal  Of 
Commerce  Office  |  Clay   Row^  Clay  St.  [1850.1 

8\  18  pages  besides  cover  title  bearing-  the  same  inscrip- 
tion. 

This  must  have  been  printed  before  June  14,  as  the  Journal  of 
Commerce  Office  was  burned  out  on  that  date,  and  when  the  paper 
resumed,  Robb  was  not  a  partner. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  organized  at  a  convention  of  Masons, 
begun  at  Sacramento.  April  17,  Colonel  J.  D.  Stevenson  being  the 
first  Grand  Master.  This  pamphlet  was  therefore  issued  after  that 
date,  probably  some  time  in   May. 

Huntington   Library,  Ban.  Lib. 

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THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  DAILY  HERALD. 

Vol.  I.  San  Francisco,  June  1,  1850.  No.  1. 

Published  every  day  except  Sunday  by  Foy,  Nugent  & 
Co.     John  Nugent  and  Edmund  Randolph,  editors. 

The  Aha  of  June  1  says  the  first  issue  of  the  Herald  appeared 
the  day  before  as  a  steamer  edition.  Nevertheless  this  steamer 
edition  is  dated  June  1,  though  from  this  notice  it  appears  that 
the  steamer  edition  appeared  the  day  before  the  daily  edition.  In 
July  Nugent  bought  out  John  E.  Foy,  becoming  sole  owner,  or 
supposed  to  be  sole  owner,  and  the  paper  was  subsequently  pub- 
lished b}'  Nugent  and  Co.,  John  Nugent,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Kemble  states  that  Nugent  bought  Foy's  interest  with  money  sup- 
posed to  have  been  furnished  by  Folsom  who  needed  an  organ  to 
support  his  claims  on  the  LeidesdortT  Estate. 

According  to  the  San  Francisco  Courier  of  November  1,  Foy 
who  was  from  Buffalo,  New  York,  was  the  original  proprietor  of 
the  Herald.  Nugent  had  been  previously  associated  with  the  New 
York  Herald  and  was  an  able  writer. 

January  27,  1851,  the  paper  was  enlarged.  February  1,  it  began 
to  publish  an  illustrated  steamer  edition.  May  4,  the  paper  was 
burned  out,  but  reappeared  May  7.  June  23,  the  paper  only  con- 
tained two  pages,  because,  although  the  plant  was  not  destroyed 
by  the  fire  June  11,  the  plant  had  been  moved  out  of  the  build- 
ing. The  Herald  also  began  to  issue  a  Letter  Sheet  Prices  Cur- 
rent at  once.  I  have  seen  Nos.  7,  8,  10,  Aug.  13,  Sept.  14,  Oct.  IS 
in  Mass.  Hist.  Soc. 

The   Herald  continued  to  appear  until   1862. 

I  have  only  seen  specimen  numbers  published  during  the  first 
six  months,  but  the  Bancroft  Library  contains  a  file  from  Decem- 
ber 13,  1850,  No.  167,  to  December  30.  1851,  lacking  April  19  to  26. 
Also  1852— 

Lib.   Cong.  April  1-June  7,  1851,  various  lacking. 

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BOGARDUS'  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY,  For  San  Francisco 
And  Sacramento  City.     For  June,  1850. 

Published  Monthly  At  William  B.  Cooke  &  Co.'s  Book- 
store, Exchange  Buildings,  Portsmouth  Square. 
8°,  8  pages. 

No  copy  of  this  issue  has  been  found,  but  notice  of  its  publica- 
tion will  be  found  in  the  Alta  of  June  14. 

66 

STOCKTON  JOURNAL. 

Stockton,  June  19,  1850. 

Published    semi-weekly    on    Wednesdays    and    Saturdays    by 
Bartlett  and  Robb. 

I  take  this  from  Ewer,  which  statement  I  believe  to  be  correct. 
The  Alta  of  June  21  notices  the  first  issue  as  received  on  the  20th, 
pul)lished  by  Bartlett  and  Robb  as  a  semi-weekly.  This  tallies 
very  well  with  Ewer's  statement  that  the  first  issue  was  on  Wed- 
nesday, the  19th.  If  Bartlett  had  any  connection  with  the  paper, 
it  must  have  been  a  very  short  one,  as  later  he  is  never  mentioned 
as  one  of  the  owners,  and  I  am  certain  that  the  partnership  be- 
tween Bartlett  and  Robb  which  existed  up  to  the  time  that  the 
Journal  of  Commerce  was  burned  out,  June  14,  1850,  was  dissolved 
before  the  Journal  resumed  in  July. 

An  extra  was  published  May  7  or  May  8  with  an  account  of  the 
fire  at  Stockton,  May  7.  • 

According  to  Kemble,  August  1,  1851.  Samuel  Knight  became 
a  partner  in  the  firm  of  John  S.  Robb  &  Company,  and  they  con- 
tinued to  publish  the  paper  until  November  5,  when  it  passed  into 
the  possession  of  John  Taber  and  Orin  F.  Jackson.  Robb  went 
east  on  the  Tennessee  September  1,  1850,  and  he  probably  had  dis- 
posed of  his  interest  in  the  paper  before  he  left. 

John  S.  Robb  was  one  of  the  best-known  newspaper  writers  in 
California,  having  come  from  St.  Louis  where  he  was  well-known 
as  "Solitaire."  He  first  came  to  California  overland  in  the  fall  of 
1849,  and  was  present  at  the  meeting  of  the  Convention  at  Mon- 
terey. Having  entered  into  a  partnership  with  W.  G.  Marcy  he 
went  east  by  steamer  to  secure  material,  and  returned  on  the 
Crescent  City  with  two  presses  in  February.  1850.  The  scheme 
was  to  start  a  paper  called  the  Statesman  at  San  Jose,  but  after 
he  arrived  in  San  Francisco  he  and  Marcy  made  some  kind  of  an 
arrangement  with  Bartlett  and  they  became  interested  in  the 
Journal  of  Commerce. 

I  have  not  been  able  to  find  a  single  copy  of  the  Journal  while 
it  was  edited  bv  Robb.  The  earliest  number  that  I  have  seen  is 
that  of  June  11,  1852,  Vol.  I.  No.  50,  J.  Taber,  Proprietor  and 
Publisher,  and  Robert  Wilson,  Editor.  The  Vol.  I  was  evidentlv 
a  nr'stake  for  Vol.  Ill,  as  subsequent  numbers  were  so  marked. 
At  this  period  the  paper  was  published  on  Tuesday  and  Friday. 
It  ultimately  disappeared  with  the  change  of  name  to  Daily  Argus, 
which  began  June  7.  1854. 

Stockton  Pub.  Lib.— Vol.  Ill,  No.  50.  56-101,  the  end  of  the  vol- 
ume, and  Vol.  IV.     Nos.  1-6.  end  of  December,  1852. 

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RULES  of  Practice  in  the  Su]ireme  Court  of  Califorina. 
Adopted  at  the  June  Term,  1850. 

[San  Francisco,  1850]     J.  Winchester,  State  Pruiter. 

8°,  8  pages. 

Sold  at  Heartman's  sale  in  New  York,  December  10,  1918. 

68 

RULES  for  the  regulation  of  Practice  and  Pleadings  in  the 
district  courts  of  the  state  of  California,  and  in  the  superior 
court  of  the  City  of  San  Francisco. 

[San  Francisco:     J.  Winchester,  1850.] 
8°,  pages  3-15. 
N.  Y.  Pub.  Lib.     Only  copy  located. 

69 

CALIFORNIA  DAILY  COURIER. 

Vol.  I.  San  Francisco,  July  1,  1850.  No.  1. 

Crane  and  Rice,  Editors  and  Proprietors.  Thomas  J. 
Dryer,  City  Editor  and  Reporter. 

Published  every  morning  except  Sunday  by  James  INI. 
Crane  and  Francis  W.  Rice. 

No  issues  on  July  2,  or  July  6. 

Supplement  was  issued  July  17,  and  extras  July  23,  August  17, 
October  18. 

September  2,  No.  52  appeared  somewhat  enlarged,  prmted  on  a 
power  press,  which  arrived  on  the  Chesapeake  after  a  year  on  the 
voyage.     Sac.  Union,  April  11,  1851,  notices  enlarged  again. 

The  paper  continued  to  be  published  by  Crane  as  late  as  De- 
cember 15,  1851,  and  it  continued  until  some  time  in  January,  1852, 
having  been  previously  turned  over  in  December  by  Crane  to 
P.  P.  Hull,  and  L.  R.  Lull.  May  4,  1851,  the  paper  was  burned 
out,  and  resumed  June  4,  although  an  advertisement  of  the  Her- 
ald of  May  8  states  that  it  was  to  be  resumed  May  12,  on  or  be- 
fore.    J.  W.  Simonton  became  an  editor.  Feb.  17. 

A  steamer  edition  was  issued  from  the  start  and  a  weekly  edi- 
tion was  begun   September  9.  1850. 

For  an  interesting  account  of  this  journal  and  the  prospectus 
entitled  Pacific  Courier  Extra,  which  appeared  in  San  Francisco, 
sent  from  the  east,  in   December,   1849,   see   Kemble. 

The  Alta,  December  31.  1849,  has  an  account  of  the  Extra. 

I  have  a  file  to  December  6,  1850,  and  the  Mercantile  Library 
listed  a  file  from  No.  3.  Vol.  I  to  Vol.  II,  No.  161.  January  5, 
1852  which  may  have  been  the  last  number  issued.  Bancroft 
Library  No.  1-255,  April  24,  lacking  Nos.  23,  114,  249-50;  Extras 
July  17,  Aug.  17,  1850.  ^    ^      ._    ^     ^ 

Lib.  Cong.  Nov.  16-December  31,  1850,  January  3-April  4,  June 
4-28,   1851 — a  few  numbers  wanting. 

California  Weekly  Courier,  July  15,  August  15,  December  1, 
1850.  January  15,  February  15,  May  1,  July  1,  1851. 

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SONORA  HERALD. 

Vol.  I.         Sonora,  Thursday  Morning,  July  4,  1850.         No.  1. 
The  second  page  at  the  head  of  the  first  column  contains 
the  names  of  J.  White,  and  J.  G.  Marvin,  Editors. 

John  White  was  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Stockton  Times,  and 
I  have  seen  it  stated  in  that  paper  that  Radcliffe  and  White,  the 
owners,  started  the  Sonora  Herald  in  conjunction  with  Marvni. 
Xo.  2  appeared  Saturday,  July  13,  and  it  continued  as  a  weekly, 
published  on  Saturdays. 

The  Picayune,  August  30,  notes  that  the  Herald  appears  m  a 
new  and  enlarged  state  wnth  an  engraved  head,  the  hrst  seven 
numbers  having  been  printed  on  foolscap  and  sold  for  50  cents  a 
copy.  Some  time  in  October,  it  suspended  publication,  but  re- 
sumed in  November,  when  it  was  owned  by  Marvin  and  Dr.  L.  C. 
Gunn,  who  had  obtained  White's  interest.  From  a  study  of  no- 
tices, or  lack  of  notices  in  contemporary  newspapers.  I  judge  that 
the  suspension  lasted  from  October  3  to  November  14. 

Picayune,  December  20,  1851,  notices  an  extra  with  an  account 
of  the  troubles  at  Carson  Hill.     Another  was  issued  May  19,  18ol. 

In  the  first  number  the  editors  published  a  notice  in  Spanish 
that  it  would  be  published  in  the  future  partly  in  Spanish,  but  I 
do  not  know  whether  this  promise  was  kept  or  not. 

Kemble  gives  a  long  and  interesting  account  of  this  paper  in 
which  he  was  much  interested  for  the  reason  that  it  was  started 
on  the  old  Californian  press.  His  information  regarding  the  later 
history  of  the  paper  was  obtained  from  Heckendorn  and  \\  ilson's 
"Miners  And   Business   Mens   Directory",   Columbia,   1856. 

The  only  copy  that  I  have  seen  of  this  paper  is  No.  1  in  my 
collection,  but  Library  of  Congress  has  issue  of  Aug.  24,  18:^0. 

71 

BOGARDUS'  SAN  FRANCISCO.  SACRAMENTO  CITY, 
AND  MARYSVILLE  BUSINESS  DIRECTORY,  FOR 
JULY  1850. 

Published   Monthly  At   William    B.    Cook   &   Co.'s   Book- 
store, Clay  Street,  Portsmouth  Square. 

8°,  8  pages  enclosed  in  printed  brown  paper  wrappers 
with  the  title  above  on  the  recto  of  the  front  cover  and 
advertisements  on  the  verso  of  the  back  cover. 

Page  1  is  simply  headed  Directory  and  at  the  head  of  the  first 
column  appears  a  notice  signed  J.  P.  Bogardus  at  William  B. 
Cook  &  Co.'s  bookstore  announcing  that  it  would  be  published  on 
the  5th  of  each  month  and  soliciting  support  at  the  rate  of  $2.00 
per  month  for  the  insertion  of  each  business  card. 

This  issue  of  Bogardus  was  the  earliest  known  of  this  particu- 
lar class  of  directory  until  very  recently,  there  being  a  copy  ot  it 
in  the  Bancroft  Library,  which  was  described  by  Mr.  Cowan  in 
his  bibliography.  It  has  been  referred  to  as  the  first  directory,  a 
place  which  now  must  be  ceded  to  one  issued  in  March  and  prob- 
ably one  issued  in  February,  provided  it  can  be  assumed  that  these 

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puljlications  are  directories.     As  a   matter  of  fact,   they  are   not   in 
any  sense  of  the  word,  except  that  the  compilers  have  assumed  to 
call   them   such,   being  simply   collections   of   cards   of  various   con- 
cerns which  took  this  means  of  advertising  the!r  l)usiness. 
Bancroft   Li])rary. 

72 

[RESOLUTIONS   read   and   adopted   at   the   Mass    Meeting 
held  in  the  town  of  Sonora,  on  Sunday,  Jnly  21,  1850. 
Printed  at  the  Sonora  Herald  Office.] 
Reprinted  in  Cahfornia  Courier,  July  27. 

The  object  aimed  at  in  these  resolutions  was  to  drive  the  Mexi- 
cans out  of  the  country.  They  provided  that  500  copies  in  Spanish 
and  English  be  published,  and  August  1,  the  Courier  quotes  the 
Sonora  Herald  as  stating  that  200  copies  were  called  for  by  for- 
eigners on   Monday,  the  29th. 

No  copy  located. 

73 

EVENING  PICAYUNE. 

San  Francisco,  California,  Saturday,  August  3,   1850. 
Vol.  I. — Number  1. 

P\iblished  every  evening  except  Sundays  by  Gihon  &  Co. 
$18.  per  year  by  mail  or  in  San  Francisco,  37V^c  per  week. 
P.  A.  Brinsmade,  Editor  and  W.  W.  Shepard,  Associate 
Editor. 

There  was  no  issue  September  17  on  account  of  the  fire,  but  it 
appeared  the  next  day. 

Sept.  23,  28,  1  page  supplements  were  issued. 

Nov.  11,  No.  84  appeared  published  by  Shepard  Bennett  &  Co., 
P.  A.  Brinsmade,   Editor. 

About  December  1,  it  appeared  in  a  new  form,  and  with  a  new 
heading — The   Evening   Picaj'une, — in   four  columns   instead  of   five 

W.  W.  Shepard  appeared  as  associate  editor,  Dec.  17,  [Courier, 
Dec.  19]. 

May  4,  1851,  the  plant  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but  the  paper 
resumed  publication.  May  27,  [Alta  May  28],  published  by  W.  A. 
Grover  &  Co.,  the  Company  being  C.  S.  Biden.  the  old  firm  being 
dissolved. 

September  16  it  appeared  as  published  by  Sandford  Biden  & 
Company,  W.  M.  Macy  being  the  Company  and  with  no  name  of 
editor. 

November  13  it  appeared  without  any  name  of  pulilisher. 

March  8,  1852,  it  was  in  the  hands  of  its  creditors,  S.  A.  John- 
son, Assignee. 

March    16,   it    appeared    pul^lished    by   George    O'Doherty    &    Co. 

April  17,  No.  220,  it  appeared  for  the  lasi-  time,  and  next  dav 
came  out  with  a  new  name — San  Francisco  Dt'Iv  Times — Vol.  II, 
No.  221,  but  next  day  the  paper  appeared  as  Vol.   Ill,   No.  2.     At 


CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


the  head  of  the  first  column  appeared — The  Daily  Times  and  Eve- 
ning Picayune,  published  every  morning,  (Sundays  excepted)  by 
Geo.  O'Doherty  &  Co. 

I  do  not  know  just  when  Brinsmade  severed  his  connection, 
but  probably  in  May,  1851.  In  June  of  that  year  the  editors  were 
A.  C.  Russell,  and  C.  S.  Biden. 

This  paper  was  very  successful  at  the  start,  being  the  cheapest 
paper  then  published  in  San  Francisco,  but  after  the  fire  in  May, 
1851,  judging  from  the  continued  change  in  ownership  it  was  not 
a  particularly  paying  proposition. 

Bancroft  Library  has  a  fairly  complete  file  from  the  first  num- 
ber to  January  1,  1851,  and  again  from  July  1,  1851,  to  the  end  in 
April,  1852. 

Lib.  Cong.  September  4,  1850,  November  15-30,  January  1-June 
30.  1851. 

74 

NICOLAUS.      Head   of    Navigation!!      Depot    For    All    The 
Northern  Mines! 

A  broadside  advertising  the  advantages  of  Nicolaus, 
printed  on  one  side  only  and  signed  at  the  end — Charles 
Berghoff,  Cor.  Front  and  Sutter  Sts.,  Nicolaus,  Joseph 
Grant,  Tehama  Block,  Cor.  Front  and  J  Sts.,  Sacramento 
City. 

Nicolaus,  August  4,  1850. 

Sacramento  Transcript,  Print. 

The  object  of  this  broadside  was  to  sell  lots  in  Nicolaus.  This 
town  was  on  the  Feather  River  and  was  located  on  what  was 
known  as  Nicolaus'  Ranch. 

Copy  in  my  collection,  which  I  have  included  in  this  list  as  a 
specimen  of  a  class  of  broadside  which  must  have  been  quite  com- 
mon in  1850  and  1851  when  there  was  such  a  craze  for  booming 
new  towns,  and  which  seems  to  be  the  only  one  which  has  sur- 
vived. 

75 

ACT  OF  INCORPORATION,  Mayor's    Message,  And  Ordi- 
nances Of,  The  City  Of  San  Francisco.} 

San  Francisco:] Printed  At  The  Office  Of  The  Fvening 
Picayune.]  1850. 1 

8°,  cover  title  on  yellow  paper,  back  wrapper  blank. 

[Regular  Title]  Act]Of] Incorporation] And] Ordinances] 
Of] The  City  Of  San  Francisco.] 

San  Francisco:] Printed  At  The  Office  Of  The  Evening 
Picayune.  11850.] 

8^,  72  pages  including  regular  title. 

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Pages  3-16  Act  of  Incorporation  Passed  /\pril  12,  1850. 

17-24    Message    of    Mayor    John    W.    Gearv    dated 

April  9,  1850.  ' 
25-72  City  Ordinances,  last  No.  39  approved  July 
26,  which  indicates  that  the  pamphlet  was 
issued  after  August  1. 
Bancroft   Library. 

Ordinances  of  The  City  Of  San  Francisco  40th  to  86th,  in- 
clusive. 

San  Francisco :  Printed  at  the  office  of  the  Evening- 
Picayune.     1850. 

8°,  pages  72>  to  142. 

This  includes  ordinances  number  40  to  86  inclusive  and 
is  obviously  a  continuation  of  the  preceding  "x\ct  of  Incor- 
poration, etc."  The  last  ordinances  certified  by  the  mayor 
are  dated  Nov.  5. 

Onlv  copy  located  in  Pomona  College  Library. 

76 

THE   MARYSVILLE   HERALD. 

Vol.  I.  Marvsville,  Yuba  Countv,  California,  Tuesdav,  Aug- 
ust 6,  1850'     No.  1. 

Published  every  Tuesday  and  Friday  by  R.  H.  Taylor. 

About  March  10.  1851.  it  appeared  as  a  tri-weekly.  enlarged, 
and  in  1853  it  was  running  as  an  Evening  Herald.  A  steamer  edi- 
tion was  also  published. 

Hale  &  Emory's  Directory  of  1853  contains  an  interesting 
account  of  this  paper  and  its  changes  in  ownership.  January  28, 
1851,  Stephen  C.  Alassett  acquired  a  half  interest,  and  spent  a  year 
in  Marysville  doing  the  news  end  of  the  enterprise.  An  amusing 
account  of  his  experiences  can  be  read  in  his  book  "Drifting 
About."     He  sold  his  interest  about  Nov.  28,   [Alta,  Nov.  30]. 

The  only  copies  I  have  located  are  No.  6  of  Vol.  L  August  23, 
in  the  Bancroft  Library,  and  a  later  one  in  Air.  Cowan's  collec- 
tion.    Also  May  13,  1851,  in  Lib.  Cong. 

77 

TABLES  of  the  value  of  gold  dust  in  Federal  money  from 
one  grain  to  625  ounces. 

Arranged   for  the   use   of  merchants,   traders  and   miners 
in  California  by  R.  T.  Huddart,  formerly  of  New  York. 
Printed  bv  the  California  Courier  office.     Price  $3.00. 


Advertised  in  the  Courier,  August  8,  1850. 
No  copy  located. 

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COMMERCIAL  EXCHANGE   For  All   Nations. 

[Announcement  of  the  open-'ng  of  thi's  establishment  early  in  Sep- 
tember and  signed]     F.  Marriott,  Proprietor. 

San  Francisco,  26  August,  1850. 

A  sheet  of  blue  letter  paper  printed  on  one  side  only. 

Ban    Larkin   Doc.  VII,   170.     Only  copy  located. 

79 

PROCLAMATION. 

Of  The  Governor  Of  The  State  Of  California,  Submitting 
Certain  Propositions  To  The  People  Of  The  State,  At  The 
General  Election,  To  Be  Holden  On  The  First  Monday  In 
October  Next,  For  Their  Consideration  And  Choice.  In 
Relation  To  The  Permanent  Location  Of  The  Seat  Of 
Government,  Pursuant  To  The  Provisions  Of  An  Act  Of 
The  Legislature. 

Passed  April  22,  1850. 
J.  Winchester,  State  Printer. 
8°,  12  pages. 

This  was  submitted  by  Governor  Burnett  August  7  and  there- 
fore printed  in  that  month,  or  possibly  in  September,  as  it  ap- 
peared in  the  newspapers  in  that  month.  It  contains  the  proposi- 
tions of  M.  G.  Vallejo,  James  F.  Reed.  Charles  White,  S.  E.  W  ood- 
worth  a  joint  one  of  John  Townsend,  Josiah  Belden.  J.  A.  Dim- 
mick  "g  C  .Cook,  and  Isaac  Branham,  and  another  jonU  one  of 
J  D.  Stevenson,  and  W.  Parker,  the  last  offering  a  site  at  Xew 
York. 

Bancroft  Library.     Only  copy  located. 

80 

THE  ILLUSTRATED  CALIFORNIA  NEWS. 

Vol.    I.  San    Francisco,    September    1,    1850.  No.    1. 

Published  at  the  Alta  California  Office. 
1.00  per  number— 8  pages. 

Published  semi-monthly  till  Dec.  1,  No.  6,  which  is  the  last 
that  is  known,  or  of  which  I  have  found  any  mention. 

No.  4  appeared  as  Pul)lished  at  the  Alta  California  Office  for 
the  Proprietors  Cooke  &  Le  Count. 

Carleton  was  the  principal  writer  and  the  paper  first  pul^lisliod 
on  the  coast  with   illustrations  was  a  very  interesting  sheet. 

Number  1  has  a  picture  of  the  Mission  of  Dolores  and  another 
of  the  riot  in  Sacramento. 

No.  2,  Septeml^er  15. 

No.  3.  October  15,  containing  a  placer  scene  by  Mr.  Lcng- 
f^eld.  ' 

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Xo.   4,    November    1,   with    a   view   of    Vallcjo   and    Dead    Man's 
Gulch. 

No.  5,  November  15.  r  a^  n   • 

No    6,  December  1.     This  contains  views  of   Vallejo. 

With  'Numl)er  5.  the  price  was  reduced  to  50  cents  per  number. 

Cowan  collection  contains  Nos.  1  to  6.     Also  Lib.  Cong. 

ol 

ADDRESS  to  the  Democrats  of  Tuolumne  County. 
John  Carr,  L.  A.  Besancon  and  three  others. 
Issued  about  September  1,  1850,  probably  printed  by  the 
Sonora  Herald. 

Daily  Courier,  September  12. 

No  copy  located. 

82 

GAZETTE  REPUBLICAINE, 

San  Francisco,  September  12,   1850. 

The  Evening  Picayune  of  September  12  notes  the  first  appear- 
ance of  this  paper  the  same  morning,  to  be  published  Tuesdays, 
Thursdays  and  Saturdays.  . 

The  Courier,  September  24  and  30.  contains  letters  from  J. 
Anselin.  who  was  the  editor  of  the  paper,  from  which  it  appears 
that  the  proprietor  was  Mr.  Hoogs  of  Boston  and  one  H.  J. 
Mirandol  was  the   collaborator  with   Anselin. 

The  last  number  probably  appeared  Saturday.  September  21,  as 
Anselin's  letter  in  the  Courier  of  the  24th  announces  the  suspension 
of  the  paper  on  account  of  lack  of  support  by  the  French  colony. 

In  his  letter  in  the  Courier  of  the  30th,  he  says  a  new  French 
Journal  will  shortly  appear  and  that  in  the  meantime  the  steamer 
edition  of  the  Courier  will  contain  one  or  two  columns  in  trench. 
Up  to  December  6,  at  least,  this  French  newspaper  did  not  ap- 
pear, nor  have   I  seen  any  notice  cf  it  in  1851. 

No  copy  located. 

oo 

HALL,  J.  L. 

Journal  Of  The  i  Hartford  Union   Mining  And  I  Trading   Com- 
pany.'Containing  the  Name,  Residence,  and  Occupation  of 
each  I  Member,  with  Incidents  of  the  Voyage,  etc.,  etc.l 
Printed  By  T-  L.  Hall, 'On  board  the  I  Henry  Lee,  1 1849. 1 
Small  8°, "88  pages.     The  preface  is  on  the  verso  of  the 
title. 

The  Pacific  News  of  September  8,  1849,  acknowledges  receipt 
of  this  little  pamphlet  from  Mr.  Hall,  stating  it  was  printed  on  the 
ship  and  contained  84  pages.  The  last  date  mentioned  m  the 
book  is   September   13.  day  of  arrival  in   San   Francisco   Bay. 

It   seems  probable  from  an   inspection   of  the   pamphlet   that   the 

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title  and  the  preface  together  with  the  last  two  or  three  pages 
were  printed  in  San  trancisco  Harbor,  but  the  bulk  of  it  was 
printed  while  the  vessel  was  at  sea. 

Reprinted  in  Hartford  in   1898  with  an  appendix  by  the   author. 

Bancroft  Library. 

84 

HUNT,  REV.  T.  DWIGHT 

Death  Of  President  Taylor.  A  Sermon  Preached  In  The 
First  Cong'l.  Church,  In  San  Francisco,  On  ^>abbath  Eve- 
ning, September  8th,  1850.  By  The  Pastor,  Rev.  T.  Dwight 
Hunt. 

San  Francisco:     Published  By  Still,  Connor  &  Co.,  1850. 

8°,  23  pages.     Printed  wrappers  with  the  same  title. 

Picayune  of  September  16,  notices  this  pamphlet  just  published 
by  Still,   Connor   &  Co.  in  Zi  pages. 

Following  the  title  is  a  leaf  with  a  letter  to  Hunt  and  his 
answer  dated  Sept.  10.  in  reference  to  publication  of  the  discourse. 

Cowan  collection. 

85 

THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  DIRECTORY,  By  Charles  P. 
Kimball.     September  1,  1850. 

San  Francisco.  Journal  of  Commerce  Press,  Montgom- 
ery Street.     1850. 

24°,   title,   leaf   of   preface  with   verso   blank,   pages    [5]- 

136. 

The  Directory  proper  ends  on  page  120.  Pages  121-130 
contain  miscellaneous  information  and  pages  131-136  busi- 
ness advertisements.     San  Francisco. 

The  directory  was  issued  in  paper  covers  with  the  same  title, 
only  differently  arranged  from  the  title  page,  and  also  probably 
bound  in  cloth,  Init  this  is  not  quite  certain. 

Kimball's  diary  is  still  in  existence,  in  which  he  recounts  his 
difficulties,  having  started  work  on  it  in  June,  finishing  September 
27,   on  which   day   it   was   first   distributed. 

The  Picayune  of  September  27  contains  the  first  notice  of  it. 
In  the  Preface.  Kimball  styles  it  the  first  directory,  which  so  far 
as  we  know  is  true,  as  the  previous  issues  of  Business  Directories 
by  Campbell  and  Hoogs  and  Bogardus  were  not  directories  m 
any  proper  sense  of  the  term. 

Two  reprints  of  this  Directory  have  been  made,  one  in  the  late 
sixties  and  the  other  about  1897  or  1898,  proljably  by  George  W. 
Vincent.  They  are  pretty  exact  copies,  although  each  have  three 
additional  pages  of  "Omitted  Names."  The  original  can  be  read- 
ily distinguished  from  the  reprints  by  looking  under  the  entry 
Albion  House  on  page  6  where  Broadway  is  spelled  m  full 
whereas  in  both  reprints  it  is  spelled  B'way  There  are  many 
other  differences,  but   this   is   sufficient   to   identify   them. 

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The  second  reprint  is  distinguishable  from  the  first  by  the  fact 
that  in  the  list  of  "Omitted  Names"  two  Donahoes  have  been  in- 
serted. 

Copy  in  my  collection. 

86 

THE    MERCHANTS'   EXCHANGE,     Prices    Current    And 
Shipping  List. 

Vol  I.       San  Francisco,  Thursday,  October  31,  1850.       No.  1. 

Edited  by  L.  W.  Sloat,  Secretary  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  proprietor  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange,  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  published  at  the  Merchants'  Exchange,  on  the 
day  preceding  the  sailing  of  the  steamer  on  the  first  and 
fifteenth  of  each  month  at  $10.00  per  annum. 

Small  folio  sheet  with  at  the  end  on  the  verso — California 
Courier  print,  Montgomery  Street. 

Massachusetts  Historical  Society  has  Nos.  1,  2,  Nov.  14,  3  Nov. 
30,  5,  Dec.  31,  the  last  on  2  sheets,  and  at  end — Jobson  Sterrett 
and  Painter,  Job  Printers—,  No.  11  on  March  31,  1851,  and  No.  12, 
April  14,  printed  by  the  Daily  Standard  Mercantile  Press.  No.  11 
also  has  2  sheets,  the  second  beino-  a  circular  letter  of  Hussev, 
Bond  &  Hale. 

The  old  Mercantile  Library  catalogue  listed  a  file  of  this  paper 
from  October  31,  1850,  to  May  31,  1852. 

87 

WILLS,  Mrs.  E.  M.       ' 

Ode,  Written  By  Mrs.  Wills,  Of  Louisiana,  By  Request 
Of  The  Committee  Of  Arrangement. 

A  small  sheet  of  note  paper  with  a  poem  in  three  stanzas 
printed  on  one  side  inside  a  small  border.  At  the  bottom — 
Pic.  Print. 

This  poem  was  sung  at  the  celebration  in  San  Francisco  Octo- 
ber 29,  1850,  on  hearing  of  the  admission  of  California  into  the 
Un-on  as  a  State.  Mrs.  Wills'  daughter  says  that  the  Picayune 
had  a  press  on  a  wagon  in  the  procession  and  printed  this  on  that 
press  distributing  it  to  the  people. 

For  the  presentation  of  a  bracelet  to  Mrs.  E.  M.  Wills  in  recog- 
nition of  this  "Ode"  see  the  Courier  of  November  1,  with  her 
reply.  She  was  a  correspondent  of  the  True  Delta  of  New  Or- 
leans. 

Copy   in    my   collection. 


SACRAMENTO  DAILY  TRIBUNE. 
SETTLERS  AND  MINERS  TRIBUNE. 

Vol.  I.       Sacramento,  Wednesday,  October  30,  1850.       No.  1. 
Published    both    daily    and    weekly,    the    daily    appearing 

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first,  and  the  first  number  of  the  weekly  probably  the  fol- 
lowing clay,  October  31. 

The  second  title  is  taken  from  the  weekly  issues,  Xos.  3,  4  and 
5,  dated  November  14,  21  and  28,  which  are  m  the  Library  of  Con- 
gress and  are  the  only  issues  of  the  paper  "which  I  have  been  able 
to  locate. 

There  are  very  few  references  to  this  paper  either  in  the  San 
Francisco,  or  other  Sacramento  papers,  but  what  references  there 
are.  are  to  the  Daily  Tribune,  from  which  it  appears  likely  that 
this  was  the  title  under  which  the  paper  first  appeared.  One 
notice  in  the  Sacramento  Transcript  of  October  31,  refers  to  the 
first  number,  just  issued,  as  the  Sacramento  Daily  Tribune,  pub- 
lished by  Louis  M.  Booth  &  Co.,  Booth  being  the  Editor. 

November  24,  Booth  retired  from  his  connection  with  it.  No- 
vember 28,  the  daily  v.-as  still  running,  but  I  have  not  seen  any  , 
reference  to  any  later  issue,  nor  to  any  later  issue  even  of  the 
weekly.  Kemble  says  that  the  daily  only  lasted  four  weeks,  but 
that  the  weekly  continued  until  the  eighth  week.  It  was  the  organ 
of  the  Squatter  Association  and  the  principal  persons  connected 
with  the  management  were   C.  L.   Robinson,  and  J.   M'Clatchy. 

89 

REPORT  On  The  Condition  Of  The  Beach  And  Water  Lots', 
In  The  City  Of  San  Francisco.  I  Made  In  Pursuance  Of  An 
Ordinance  Of  The;  Common  Council  Of  Said  City, I  Creating 
A  Commission  To  Enquire  Into  City  Property.} 

Alfred  Wheeler,     ) 

A.  A.  Seloyer,        )   Commissioners. 

Augustus  Morris,  ) 

San  Francisco: {Printed  At  The  Ofiice  Of  The  Eyening 
Picayune.  I  October,  1850. 

8  =  ,  104  pages,  two  line  slip  of  Errata  pasted  in.  Blue 
paper  coyers  with  same  title  on  front,  back  blank. 

Pages  3-16  Report  by  the  Commission,  dated  Oct.  14, 
17-18  New  title  Schedules  and  Synopsis,  19-103  Schedules, 
104  Errata. 

Courier  notices  receipt  of  this  November  13. 

Bancroft  Library. 

90 

San  Francisco,  November   14,   1850. 
SIR:— 

I  have  been  instructed  by  the  Society  of  California  Pio- 
neers, to  notify  you  that  the  Society  has  been  fully  organ- 
ized under  the'  Constitution  by  the  election  of  the  following 
Officers,  viz  : 

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A  sheet  of  blue  letter  pa])er,  i)rinted  on  one  side  only  and 
with  a  printed  signature- — Edwin  Bryant.  Cor.  Secretary, 
See.  Cal.  Pioneers. 

Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XXXV,  249.     Only  copv  located. 

91 

CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS  Of  The  Society  Of  Cali- 
fornia Pioneers. 

San  Francisco:     Alta  California  Steam  Presses.     1850. 
24^,  title,  verso  blank,  pages  3-10;  on  heavy  paper  with 
blue  wrappers   of   still   heavier   paper   but   not  bearing   any 
inscription. 

Probably    issued    in    November,    although    the    Constitution    was 
published  in  the  Alta,  September  24. 

Huntington   Library. 

92 


DAILY  PUBLIC  BALANCE. 

PUBLIC  BALANCE. 

Vol.  I.     No.  1.     San  Francisco,  Saturday  Morning,  December 
7,  1850. 

Published  every  morning  except  on  Sundays  by  Eugene 
Casserly  &  Co. 

The  history  of  this  paper  is  somewhat  obscure  owing  to  the 
lack  of  a  file  and  a  lack  of  definiteness  in  statements  made  about  it. 

The  Herald  of  January  28,  1851.  contains  Casserly's  evidence 
in  the  injunction  proceedings  brought  against  him  by  B.  R.  Buck- 
elew.  Casserly  states  that  the  paper  appeared  as  a  Daily  Public 
Balance,  Dec.  7,  but  next  day  the  title  was  changed  to  Public  Bal- 
ance, and  that  he  continued  to  publish  it  till  January  20,  and  also 
claims  to  have  been  the  proprietor,  editor,  and  everything  else. 
Nevertheless  Buckelew  put  up  all  the  money  and  having  quar- 
relled with  Casserly,  he  ousted  him.  Buckelew  started  another 
Public  Balance,  which  apparently  began  January  20,  1851,  as  the 
earliest  number  of  it  that  I  have  seen  is  No.  3,  January  22. 

Eugene  Casserly  &  Co.  continued  to  publish  a  Public  Balance 
until  January  21,  but  at  this  time  Buckelew  enjoined  Casserly  from 
using  the  name  any  more,  so  appeared 

THE  DAILY  BALANCE. 

Vol.  I.     No.  38.     San  Francisco,  Wednesday  Morning,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1851. 

February  1,  the  paper  was  sold  to  a  new  firm.  Casserly,  Calen- 
der &  Co.' and  continued  to  be  published  till  March  3,  when  the 
name  was  changed  to 

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DAILY   TRUE   STANDARD. 

Vol.  I.     No.   L     San   Francisco,   Mondav  Morning,   INIarch  3, 
185L 

Published  every  morning  except  on  Sundays  by  Casserly, 
Callander  &  Co.     Eugene  Casserly  Editor. 

This  continued  to  appear  until  May  4,  1851,  when  the  plant 
burned  out  and  the  paper  did  not  reappear. 

Cowan  collection  contains  Public  Balance  Xos.  15,  17,  19-21,  26- 
30,  33-35,  and  a  few  numbers  of  The  Daily  Balance.  I  have  No. 
38,    the   first    of   The    Daily    Balance,    and    the    first    number    of    the 


True   Standard. 


93 


ARRIVAL   Of  The   Rt.   Rev'd  Joseph   Alemany,   Bishop   Of 
California. 

Two  pages  of  blue  letter  paper  containing  the  address  to  the 
Bishop  and  his  reply,  in  English,  Spanish  and  French.  The  affair 
took  place  on  December  10,  1850. 

Also  printed  in  the  Alta  December   13. 

Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XIII,  No.  126.     Only  copv  located. 

94 


CALIFORNIA  STATE  JOURNAL. 

San  Jose,  Saturday,  December  14,  1850.     No.  1. 
Published  Semi-weekly  by  James  B.  Devoe. 

I  have  seen  no  direct  statement  as  to  the  date  of  the  first  issue, 
but  both  the  Alta  and  the  Courier  of  December  16  record  receipt 
of  the  first  issue.  The  Alta  says  it  is  a  semi-weekly,  and  on  the 
19th  records  an  issue  of  December  18,  Wednesday,  which  would 
make  it  almost  certain  that  the  first  issue  was  on  Saturday  the 
14th.  The  Courier  notice  says  that  Alexander  Forl)es  was  to  edit 
the  Spanish  part  of  the  paper. 

The  Courier,  January  7.  quotes  from  the  Journal  that  it  came 
out  as  a  daily  on  January  4;  on  Monday  the  6th  at  least,  it  was 
issued  as  the  Daily   California  State  Journal. 

Pacific  News,  February  22,  and  the  Courier,  February  24,  both 
state  that  the  Journal  will  hereafter  be  issued  semi-weekly  again, 
this  change  probal)ly  being  due  to  the  demise  of  the  Daily  Argus. 

Just  how  long  the  paper  continued,  I  do  not  know. 

James  B.  Devoe's  accounts,  for  papers  supplied  to  the  Legisla- 
ture, were  audited  by  the  Committee,  April  21,  so  the  paper  was 
running  at  least  at  that  date.  Kemble  says  i^t  did  not  remain 
very  long  after  the  adjournment   of  the   legislature. 

Lib.  of  Congress  has  issues  of  March  15,  19,  and  26,  the  only 
ones   I  have  located. 

95 

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BENTON,  REV.  J.  A. 

California  As  she  was:  as  she  is.  as  she  is  to  be.  A 
Thanksgiving  Sermon,  Delivered  At  Sacramento  City.  By 
Rev.  J.  A.  Benton. 

rCover   title,  regular  title  follows:!  ,01       i     -r     t3^       A 

California  As  She  Was :  As  She  Is :  As  She  Is  To  Be  A 
Discov?s  Delivered  at  the  First  Church  of  Chrtst,  tn  Stxth 
Street  Sacramento  City  ;  On  The  Occasion  Of  The  Annual 
^^S:i:r  ^o..Jl.er  30.  1850.     By  Rev.  L  A.  Benton. 

Placer  Times  Press.  .  .  .  Sacramento  City.  1850. 

8°  title  leaf  containing  correspondence  between  the 
Committee'  and  Benton  requesting  the  publication  of  his 
discourse,  pages  5-16  of  Sermon. 

First  notice  in  Sacramento  Transcript  Dec.  23,  which  states  a 
few  copies  unsold  are  still  on  hanci. 

Tl-,1-.;    namnhlet    has    always    been    asserted    to    be    the    tirst    one 

ernor  Alvarado  To  Mr.  J.  A.  Sutter. 

Copy  in  my  collection.  gg 

THE  DAILY  INDEX. 

Vol.  I.  Sacramento,  December  20,  1850.  No.  1. 

Published  everv  evening  except  Sunday  by  H.  B.  Living- 
ston &  Co.,  Livingston  being  the  editor.  [Sacramento 
Transcript,  December  21.] 

^^  Wramento   Transcr-'pt,   March   18.   contains   an   obituary   statins 
^sacramenio    iiciiisv.i|.,  been   well   conducted, 

that   it   last   appeared   March    1/.   that   it    naci    dcch 

croft  Library.  ,-    tvt        a    ^c 

Library  of  Congress  has  issues  of  Feb.  Id,  Mar.  4,  lb.  ^^ 

REGULATIONS   Of  The   Port  And  Harbor  Of  San   Fran- 


Cisco. 


[Eleven  articles  relating  to  berthing  of  ships,  etc.,  and  signed] 

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George  Simpton  Harbor  Master.     Office  on   Cunningham's 
Wharf,  San  Francisco,  December  20,  1850. 

Small  folio  broadside  printed  on  one  side  only. 


Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XXXV.  Xo.  259.     Only  copy  located. 


THE  ILLUSTRATED  GUIDE. 


98 


The  San  Francisco  Herald,  Deceml)er  16.  18.50,  has  a  notice  of 
this  forthcoming  publication,  l)y  James  C.  Hackett,  and  B.  F. 
Butler,  to  be  sold  by  Berford  &  Company.  It  was  a  letter  sheet 
with  a  lithographed  view  of  a  block  of  buildings,  with  the  names 
of  the  occupants  printed  opposite  to  it. 

Aha  California,  December  28,  1850,  refers  to  its  publication, 
and  January  14  says   1,000  copies  were  sold  of  the   first  issue. 

The  Herald,  January  14,  1851,  notices  the  appearance  of  Block 
Two,  the  west  side  of  Montgomery  Street  between  Clay  and  Com- 
mercial. 

Whether  any  further  numbers  were  issued  or  not,  I  do  not 
know,  nor  have  I  been  able  to  locate  any  copies  of  either  the 
first   or   second   numl^ers. 

99 

SAN  JOSE  DAILY  ARGUS. 

Vol.    1.     San  Jose,    (California,)    Saturdav   Mornhig,    Jantiary 
4,  1851.     No.  1. 

The  only  cop3'  of  this  paper  known  to  me  is  Xo.  6,  of  January 
10,  in  the  Librar}'  of  Congress,  but  the  Sacramento  Transcript  of 
January  8  advises  receipt  of  the  first  number  issued  January  A. 

The  Xo.  6  contains  a  prospectus,  signed  C.  M.  Blake  &  Co. 
Editors  and  Proprietors.  I  think  there  is  but  little  doubt  that 
General  Winchester  was   the   chief  member  of  the  firm. 

The  Courier,  February  13,  has  the  following:  The  Argus  is 
dead.  Its  eyes  were  closed  by  General  Winchester  and  its  funeral 
was  preached  by  the  Rev.   C.  M.  Blake." 

The  Alta,  February  14,  has  two  notices,  one  that  it  has  ceased 
[not  later  than  the  12th]  and  the  other  that  it  is  to  become  a 
weekly.     However,   there  is   no  doubt  that   it  expired. 

100 

CULVER,  J.  HORACE 

The  Sacramento  City  Directory :  By  J.  Horace  Cuher. 
January  1,  1851. 

Sacramento  Citv :  Transcri])t  Press.  K  St.  Between  Sec- 
ond And  Third.    '1851. 

Cover  title  same  except  at  bottom  it  contains — Freeman 
&  Co.'s  Express,  Daily  to  ...  .  San  Francisco.  [Four  lines.] 
Advertisements  on  the  back  wrapper 

Small  8°,  96  pages. 

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Title    leaf  of  Almanac,  leaf  of  Preface,  Directory   [7],88, 
Appendix   [89]-94,  Conclusion,  95-96 

The    Directory    pr.,per  only    extends   to   page   41     42    Dl 
43-53   classified 'directory.   54-61    Institutunis.   ^V^oo  vr     ''i 
vertisements,  70  bl.,  71-82  Historical  bketch.  83-88  Miscel- 
laneous. 

Sacramento  Transcript,  January   15.   notices  as  just  published. 

California  State  Library.  ^^^ 

PUBLIC  BALANCE   [No.  2]. 
Published  by   B.  R.   Buckelew,  Proprietor,  daily   except  Sun- 
days. 

The  earliest  number  I  have  seen  of  this  is  No.  ^  of  Wednesday 
January  22  from  which  it  is  apparent  that  this  Pubhc  Balance 
be"an  on  Monday  the  20th.  Whether  it  was  numbered  Volume  I, 
N o  T  or  no  "T  do  not  know  as  Buckelew  claims  that  us  papeT 
was  simply  a  continuation,  or  rather  the  same  Pubhc  Balance  that 
had  been  issued  up  to  the  18rh. 

February  3,  W.  Bartlett  published  an  advertisement  that  liav.ng 
stopped  tI7e  journal  of  Commerce,  he  had  sold  h,s  busmess  and 
subscription  list  to  the  Public  Balance.  .    a      •- 

Some  time  in  March  Dr.  Matthewson  became  Editor  and  Aoru 
1  the  paper  passed  into  the  hands  of  Matthewson,  Russell  &^o 
The  paper  was  burned  out  May  4,  but  an  extra  appeared  May  .  or 
6  and  a  regular  issue,  No.  92.  May  7.  '  ,.       •  .      -ii 

Herald,  May  8,  says  the  Balance  has  ceased  P"l^  '^^.^^lon  and  wjU 
noraDoear  today  Nevertheless  the  Sacramento  Union  ot  Ma>  U 
no  ic'e's'itYr'eapTearance  after  the  fire  and  --  democra^.e  From 
this  it   seems  possible  that  a  stray  number  or  two  may  ha^e   been 

issued  after  May  7.  ,  •  v  u^a     ^t    ipocf  there 

A  weekly  Public  Balance  was  also  puolished,  at  IccSt  tncre 
exists  a  California  Pubbc  Balance  for  the  steamers  Panama  and 
Remiblic  F^uary  1,  1851.  This  issue  contains  a  two-column 
a^rtfcle,  evidently  w'ritt'en  by  Buckelew,  on  ^he  ethics  of  the  press^ 
In  the  introductory  statement,  he  speaks  as  if  ;l",f,.^^4'^Vhe  oaoer 
issue,  and  I  think  it  likely  that  some  time  in  January  the  paper 
had   stopped   publication. 

I  have  not  found  any  file  of  this  paper,  only  a  few  odd  num- 
bers in   Mr.   Cowan's  collection,  beginning  with   x\  umber  X  ^^^ 

DIAGRAMS  of  1000  lots  of  land.  Htuated  in  the  citv  of  San 
Francisco,  to  be  sold  on  the  25th  day  of  JanY  1851.  By 
order  of  the  commissioners  of  the  sinking  fund,  m  accord- 
ance with  an  ordinance  passed  by  the  common  council, 
and  anproved  bv  the  mavor,  October  1st,  1850,  entitled  an 
"Ordinance  for  the  creation  of  city  stock."  Terms  of  sa  e. 
All   payments   to  be   made   within   ten   days   after  the   sale, 

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and  all  city  scrip,  and  audited  accounts  against  the  citv, 
will  be  received  in  payment,  with  interest  up  to  the  day  of 
sale.  Signed,  John  W.  Geary,  Benj.  L.  Barry,  Talbot  H. 
Green,  William  Hooper,  James  King  of  Wm.  Theodore 
Payne,  auctioneer. 

San  Francisco:  Fishbourne's  lithog.  Ohio  st.,  [1851]. 
36  lithographed  maps.     Obi.  f^. 

The  Herald  of  January  22,  1851,  notices  this  just  received. 

There  is  supposed  to  be  a  copy  in  the  Bancroft  Library  from 
which  the  above  title  was  taken  by  Mr.  Cowan,  but  it  could  not 
be  located. 

103 

SLOAT'S  MERCHANTS  EXCHANGE,  Prices  Current  And 
Shi]3ping  List. 

Published  every  Saturday  morning  by  L.  W.  Sloat. 

Aha,  January  22.  1851,  says  it  will  appear  Saturday,  the  23d. 
Alta,  March  8,  no  number  will  be  issued  today.  The  first  number 
is  also  noticed  in  the  Herald  of  January  23. 

I  think  it  likely  that  this  is  a  publication  of  the  Alta  itself.  It 
was  probably  in  the  form  of  a  letter  sheet,  but  I  have  not  been 
able  to  locate  any  copy. 

In  May.  Sloat  was  issuing  the  San  Francisco  Prices  Current 
and  Shipping  List,  as  on  May  14  there  appeared  an  issue  marked 
Vol.  2,  No.  2,  from  which  T  judge  that  this  is  a  continuation  under 
another  name  of  Sloat's  Merchants  Exchange. 

Of  this  latter  publication  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society' 
has  Nos.  2,  4,  and  12  of  Vol.  2.  and  Nos.  2,  4,  7,  10-13  of  Vol.  3. 
the  last  of  May  1,  1852. 

104 

REPORT  On  The  Condition  Of  The  Real  Estate 'Within  The 
Limits  Of  The  City  Of] San  Francisco,' And  The  Property 
Beyond,  W'ithin  The  Bounds  Of  The  Old 'Mission  Dolores,! 
Made  In  Pursuance  Of  An  Ordinance  Of  The | Common 
Council  Of  Said  City, [Creating  A  Commission  To  Enquire 
Into  City  Property.] 

Alfred  Wheeler,        ) 

A.    A.    Selover,  )     Commissioners. 

Augustus     Morris,   ) 

San  Francisco :  Printed  At  The  Office  Of  The  Evening 
Picayune,  January,  1851. j 

8°,  156  jiages.     Printed  wrappers  with  same  title. 

36  pages  of  Report  dated  January  4.  37-153  Schedules  of 
Lots  and  Grants,  155-6  Errata. 

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>\11  this  material  is  embodied  in  Wheeler's  Land  Titles  of  18o2, 
in  which  he  savs  in  the  introduction  that  he  is  reprinting  the  ma- 
terial on  accotint  of  the  loss  of  nearly  all  of  the  copies  ol  this 
Report  in  the   fire  of  May,   1851. 

It  is  evident  that  the  report  on  the  history  of  the  Pueblo  and 
land  titles  in  San  Francisco  was  the  work  of  Wheeler  alone. 

Courier,  March  3,  in  acknowledging  receipt  of  this  from 
Wheeler  says  it  had  264  pages. 

Herald,  January  21,   1851,  reviews  this  from  an  advance   copy. 

Bancroft  Library. 

ADDRESS  Of  The  Committee  Appointed  At  A  Public  Meet- 
ing- Of  The  Citizens  Of  San  Jose,  In  Relation   To  The  Feas- 
ibflity  And  Expediency  Of  A  Railroad  Between  San  Fran- 
cisco And  San  Jose,  Adopted,  January  29,  1851. 
(Argus  Office  Print.) 
8°,  12  pages. 

In  a  pamphlet  published  in  San  Francisco  in  1854  on  the  Pa- 
cific and  Atlantic  Railroad  there  is  a  notice  of  this  meeting  in 
January,   1851,  and  a  statement  that  shortly  after  the  address  was 


printed. 

Bancroft    Library.      Only   copy   located. 


THE  HOMBRE. 


106 


No.    1. 


San   Francisco,   Sunday   Morning,    February   2,    1851, 
William  Rabe,  Responsable  Editor. 
Published  every  Sunday  morning  at  Dr.  Rabe's  Building. 
8  pages  besides  pictorial  wrappers. 

The  Doctor  carried  the  motto.  Help  yourself  and  the  Gods  will 
help  you. 

It  was  printed  by  Jobson,  Sterrett  &  Painter. 

The  Doctor,  who  was  a  quack,  issued  a  prospectus  dated  Jan. 
13  in  No.  1,  in  which  he  said  that  the  press  and  type  had  arrived. 

No.  3  is  the  last  number  known  to  have  appeared,  Feb.  16. 

The  prospectus  was  pui)lished  either  separately  or  in  a  paper  as 
it   is   copied   in   Sacramento  Transcript,  January   17. 

The  Herald  of  February  1,  says  it  appeared  the  day  before. 
Nevertheless,  it  bears  the  date  of  February  2. 

Number  1  in  the  Cowan  collection.  Number  3,  in  the  Bancroft 
Library.  ^^^ 

CALIFORNIA    MERCHANT'S    AND    MINER'S    ALMA- 
NAC For  The  Year  1851. 

Prepared  by  Warren  Mix. 

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Courier,  February  8,  notices  the  appearance  of  this  Ahnanac 
which  it  says  is  the  only  one  which  has  appeared  for  1851.  It 
was  probably  printed  by  the  Alta  California. 

Xo  copy  located. 

108 

LAND  LAWS  OF  CALIFORNIA  As  Settled  By  The  Deci- 
sions Of  The  Supreme  Court,  In  The  Cases  Of 

Wood  worth  vs.  Fulton  &  Hersh  ; 
Sunol  vs.  Hepburn  Et.  al.,  and 
Reynolds  vs.  West. 

Published  By  Authority. 

San  Francisco:     Shepard,  Bennett  &  Co.  .  .  .   1851. 

Cover  title — Regular  title  follows. 
Important   Decisions   Of  The   Supreme   Court   Of   California; 
In  Relation  To  Land  Titles. 

Published  Bv  Authoritv. 

For  Sale  At^The  Law  Office  Of  R.  A.  Wilson,  Merchant 
Street. 

San  Francisco:     Evening  Picayune  Press.  .  .  .   1351. 

8°,  40  pages. 

Wilson,  the  attorney  for  Fulton  &  Hersh,  pul)lished  this  pamph- 
let in   February,   1851. 

Courier,   February  22,  acknowledges  receipt. 
Bancroft    Library. 

109 

CITIZENS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

The  series  of  murders  and  robberies  that  have  been  committed 
in  this  city  without  the  least  redress  .  .  .  All  those  who 
would  rid  our  city  of  its  robbers  and  murderers  will  assem- 
ble on  Sunday  at  two  o'clock  on  the  Plaza. 

[Xo  signature.] 
A    broadside,    circulated    February    22,    1851,    according    to    the 
Alta  of  February  23,  which  gives  it  in   full. 
See  Soule's  Annals,   Page  316. 
N^o  copy  located. 

110 

TO  THE  PEOPLE  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

The   undersigned,    the    minority    of   the   committee   appumted 

by  you  

[Signed] 

Samuel   Brannan 
Wm.   H.  Jones 
E.  A.  King 
J.  B.  Hute 
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A  Ijroadside,  circulated  February  23,  according  to  the  Alta  of 
February  24,  which  contains  a  copy  and  a  full  account  of  the  pro- 
ceedings. 

No  copy  located. 

Ill 

SUNDAY  MORNING  CLARION. 

San  Francisco,  March  9,  1851.     No.  1. 

Published  by  Mortimer  G.  Smith.  Editor  and  Proprietor. 

Herald,  March  10,  notices  its  appearance  the  day  before. 

It  was  a  four  page  paper  without  illustrations  and  sold  for  25<J 
a  copy. 

The  only  copies  known  are  Numl^er  5,  April  5,  in  the  collection 
of  Mr.  Cowan  and  Xo.  8,  of  April  27  in  the  Old  Mercantile  Li- 
brary.    It  is  doubtful  if  any  later  issues  were  made. 

112 

THE  DAILY  UNION. 

Vol.  I.     Sacramento  City,  Wednesday,  March  19.  1851.  No.  1. 
Published  every  morning-  except  Sunday  by  C.   L.   Han- 
sicker  &  Co.     J.  F.  Morse,  Editor. 

The  first  number  contains  as  owners,  Alex.  Clark,  Alex.  C. 
Cook,  E.  G.  Jefferis,  F.  H.  Harmon,  C.  L.  Hansicker,  and  S.  H. 
Dost.  It  was  a  six  column,  four  page  paper,  got  out  in  good 
style  by  practical  printers,  and  started  off  with  a  circulation  of 
five  hundred,   soon   increasing  to   eight   hundred. 

The  first  steamer  edition  was  issued  March  29,  containing  an 
engraving  of  the  Tehama  block. 

April  26,  another  steamer  edition  with  a  cut  of  Sutter's  Fort  by 
Barber,   being   his   second   effort. 

April  29,  it  came  out  for  the  Whig  ticket. 

May  26,  an  extra  with  an  account  of  the  riot  at  Nevada  City. 
In  1852  Hansicker  sold  out  and  the  publishing  firm  became 
known  as  E.  G.  Jefteris  &  Company.  There  were  manj^  changes 
in  ownership  and  in  May,  1852.  Dr.  Morse  retired  as  Editor,  being 
succeeded  by  A.  C.  Russell.  In  May,  1853,  with  another  change 
in  ownership,  James  Anthony  entered  the  concern,  and  publication 
was  made  under  the  name  of  James  Anthony  &  Company.  At 
this  time,  the  Union  had  a  large  circulation,  publishing  a  daily, 
weekly,    steamer    edition,    and    a     Pictorial    Union    twice    a    year. 

Kemble's  article  in  Sacramento  Union,  December  25,  1858, 
gives  the  history  to  that  time. 

The  California  State  Literary  has  a  file  from  the  beginning  to 
the  present,  nearly  comolete. 

11.3 

WHEELER,  REV.  O.  C, 

Obligation  of  public  bodies  to  observe  the  Sabbath.  A 
Sermon  preached  bv  the  Rev.  O.  C.  Wheeler,  Sunday, 
March  9,  1851. 

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CALl  F  C)  R  X 1 A    \MFR[  N  T  S 


Printed  in  tlie  Courier  and  republished  by  that  paper  in  a 
pamphlet,  which  is  advertised  for  sale  at  12J^^  in  the  issue  of 
March  20,  but  I  have  not  seen  a  copy. 

114 


CALIFORNIA  GAZETTE. 

Vol.  I.  Benicia.  Saturday,  March  22,   1851.  No.   1. 

St.  Clair,  Pinkham  &  Co.  were  the  publishers  and  proprie- 
tors, and  at  the  head  of  the  first  column  the  paper  is  called 
the  California  State  Gazette,  published  every  Saturday,  and 
by  this  name  it  was  usually  known. 

NovemlKT  10,  the  partnership  l)etween  St.  Clair  and  Pinkham 
was  dissolved,  and  January  21.  1852,  the  Picayune  contains  the 
notice  that  W.  Bartlett  had  assumed  editorial  conduct  of  the  Beni- 
cia Gazette.     I  think  the  paper  lasted  very  little  longer. 

Lib.  Cong.  Xos.  1  to  41,  Alarch  22  to  December  27,  lacking  two 
numbers. 

115 

PROCEEDINGS  And  The  Address  And  Resolutions  Of  .'I'he 
Democratic  Meeting,  Held  At  The  Capitol,  At  The  City  Of 
San  Jose,  March,  1851.  To  Take  Measures  For  the  Organi- 
zation Of  The  Democratic  Party  In  California. 

San  Jose.     Printed  By  J.  Winchester.     1851. 

Small  8°,  9  pages. 

At  the  end  is  a  letter  from  Winchester  offering  to  print  free 
of  charge  1000  copies. 

Ban.  Hayes  Doc.  Pol.  Vol.  1.     Onlv  copy  located. 

116 


WOODBRIDGE,  SYLVESTER,  JR. 

Sermon  I  Preached  At  The  Dedication!  Of  The  1  First  Presbyte- 
rian Church,! Benicia,  California,  ]\Iarch  9,  1851.  By  The 
Pastor, [Sylvester  Woodbridge,  Jr.| 

Benicia,  Cal.lSt.  Clair,  Pinkham  &  Co.,  Publishers.  1851. | 

8",  14  pages.     The  same  title  on  printed  wrappers. 

The  California  Gazette  issued  an  initial  number  in  Benicia 
March  22,  1851.  and  it  is  probable  that  this  pamphlet  was  printed 
shortly  after  this  date  as  it  was  printed  on  the  Gazette  press. 
Indeed  it  competes  with  the  Gazette  for  the  honor  of  being  the 
first  publication  in  Benicia. 

Huntington  Library. 

117 

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CATALOGUE  OF  BEACH  AND  WATER  LOTS.I Situated 
In  The  I  City  Of  San  Francisco,!  To  Be  Soldi  On  Thursday, 
the  3d  of 'April,  1851, lAt  Ten  O'Clock,  A.  M.,|On  The 
Plaza, [By  Order  Of  The j Commissioners  Of  The  Sinking 
Fund,! In  Accordance  With  An  Ordinance! Passed  By  The 
Common  Council,  And  Approved  By  The  Mayor,! October 
1st,  1850,  Entitled  I  An  Ordinance  For  The  Creating  of  City 
Stock.! Terms  Of  Sale. | All  payments  to  be  made  within  ten 
days  after  the  Sale — 25  per  cent  |  must  be  paid  in  State 
Scrip,  Bonds,  or  Warrants,  to  meet  the  reciuisi!tion  of  the 
Legislature,  confirming  the  Title  of  the  City,  and  the! resi- 
due of  75  per  cent  in  City  Scrip  and  Audited  Accounts,] 
with  interest  up  to  day  of  sale.  I  Signed,  John  W.  Geary, 
Benj.  L.  Berry,  Talbot' H.  Green,  William  Hooper,  James 
King  of  Wni.  .  Commissioners  Of  The  Sinking  Fund.j 
Theodore  Payne,  Auct'r.j 

San  Francisco: I Shepard  Bennett  &  Co.,  Printers,  Cor. 
Montgomery  &  Washington  Sts.|    .  .  .   1851.1 

8°,  53  pages,  incl.  cover  title  on  yellow  paper. 

Herald,  April  2,  says  large  numbers  were  distributed  at  the 
Mayor's  office  yesterday. 

Huntington  Library,  only  copy  located. 

118 

San  Jose,  April  7th,  1851. 
SIR— 

It  has  been  deemed  in  the  highest  degree  advisable  that 
early  and  systematic  measures  should  be  instituted  for'  the 
thorough  organization  of  the  Whig  Party  of  the  State  of 
California,  etc. 

One  page  and  a  half  printed  on  bluish-tinted  letter  paper 
with  the  committee  appointed  and  a  statement  signed 
Daniel  J.  Lisle,  Chairman. 

Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XIII,  No.  154.     Only  copy  located. 

119 

NEVADA  JOURNAL. 

Vol.  L     Nevada  City,  California,  Saturday  Morning.  April  19, 
1851.    No.  1. 

Published  every  Wednesday  and  Saturday  by  Warren  B. 
Ewer,  who  was  also  the  editor.  Subscription  price  S9.  per 
year.  The  first  number  contains  a  notice  that  a  steamer 
edition  will  be  published  semi-monthly. 

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This  paper  was  projected  in  March,  and  was  to  have  been 
called  the  Messenger. 

S.  F.  Herald  of  May  29  notices  an  extra  of  the  Journal  with 
an  account  of  the  riot  at  Nevada. 

S.  F.  Herald  of  July  16  notices  that  DeCourcy  and  Albin  have 
bought  an  interest  in  the  paper  with  Ewer.  Although  the  paper 
was  very  successful,  it  had  numerous  changes  of  ownership,  A.  A. 
Sargent  being  at  different  times  both  editor  and  owner.  The 
plant  was  destroyed  in  the  fire  of  1856,  and  Sargent  again  came 
into  the  firm  with  X.  P.  Brown  and  E.  G.  Waite;  but  he  retired 
in  three  months,  and  the  paper  continued  to  circulate  until  some 
time   in   1861,  probably  October. 

After  the   first  year  it  was  changed  to  a   weekly. 

The  only  copy  I  have  seen  is  Vol.  I,  Xo.  1  in  the  Bancroft 
Library. 

120 

THE    ADVENTURES    OF    THE    FIRM    OF    BROV/N    & 
JINGO  IN  CALIFORNIA. 

Compiled  entirely  and  with  the  strictest  adherence  to 
truth  from  Mr.  Brown's  own  private  Journal— without  that 
gentleman's  permission  either  (and  here  Mr.  Brown  is  rec- 
ommended for  the  future  not  to  leave  his  Journal  in  charge 
of  the  barkeeper  wherever  he  goes  ! ! !)     Price  $3 

Published  &  Sold  By  Cooke  &  Lecount,  Montgomery  St., 
S.  F. 

Lith.  by  Justh  &  Quirot,  Jackson  St.,  S.  F. 

Oblong  8°  containing  16  leaves,  besides  the  title,  of  hu- 
morous caricatures  with  a  running  commentary  descriptive 
thereof. 

The  same  with  a  continuation  Nos.  17  to  30,  that  is  14 
leaves  in  all  besides  the  title. 

Xumber  30  contains  at  the  lower  right  hand  corner— Lith.  by 
Justh  &  Co.  Montgomery  St.  Betw.  Washington  &  Jackson  St. 
S.  F. — and  also  bears  the  legend — to  be  continued — ;  but  whether 
there  were  any  further  issues  or  not,  I  do  not  know. 

The  Courier  of  April  24,  1851,  acknowledges  the  receipt  of  this 
production,  probably  the  first  part  only.  I  have  not  seen  any 
reference  to  the  appearance  of  the  second,  or  any  subsequent 
part. 

Cop'es  in  my  collection,  tlie  only  ones   I   have  seen. 

121 

SAN   JOAQUIN   REPUBLICAN. 

Vol.  I.     Stockton,  Wednesday  Morning,  May  14,  1851.  No.  1. 

The  San  Joacpiin  Republican  is  published  every  Wednes- 
day and  Saturday  by  George  Kerr. 

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It  was  a  five  column,  four  page  paper,  and  the  successor  of  the 
Stockton   Times,   which   paper   George   Kerr   had  bought. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  first  number  contains  the 
date  of  May  14,  the  paper  had  been  published  previously,  as  the 
first  number  contains  extracts  from  extras  of  May  6,  7,  8  and  9, 
which  were  printed  on  the  Journal  press  by  the  kindness  of  J.  S. 
Robb,  Kerr's  plant  having  been  destroyed  by  the  fire  of  May  6. 
When  Kerr  bought  the  Times,  it  was  his  intention  to  begin  the 
publication  of  this  paper  May  1. 

The  paper  continued  to  be  published  until  1861. 

Stockton  Public  Library  has  Vol.  I  to  December  31,  No.  67, 
lacking  No.  4,  and  also  a  number  of  succeeding  volumes.  "Volume 
II,  began  January  3,   1852. 


LOS  ANGELES  STAR. 

Vol.  I.  Los  Angeles,  .Saturday,  Alay  17,  1851.  No.  I 

The  earliest  copy  of  this  that  I  have  seen  is  No.  9  of  July  12, 
but  the  San  Francisco  Herald  June  3,  advises  receipt  of  the  first 
number,  issued  May  17.  The  paper  was  a  four  page  paper,  half 
in  English  and  half  in  Spanish,  the  Spanish  part  being  entitled 
La  Estrella.  It  was  started  by  John  A.  Lewis  and  John  McElroy, 
and  was  undoubtedly  founded  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  from 
the   State  the  contract  for  publishing  the   laws  in   Spanish. 

It  continued  under  various  owners  as  the  leading  paper  in  the 
south,  until  1864.  Ben  C.  Truman  edited  it  for  a  period  after 
it  had  been  revived  in  1870  as  a  daily,  and  it  finally  definitely 
ceased  in  the  latter  part  of  1879. 


THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

This  charter  enacted  into  an  Act  by  the  Legislature  was  pub- 
lished in  San  Francisco  in  pamphlet  form  at  the  expense  of  Henry 
Meiggs,  according  to  the  Herald  of  May  24,  1851. 

No  copy  appears  to  be  known. 


THE  MORNING  POST. 

Vol.  I.  San  Francisco,  Saturday,  May  24,  1851.  No.  1. 

Daily,  published  and  edited  by  Shepard  &  Co.,  the  Com- 
pany being  P.  A.  Brinsmade.      • 

The  latest  notice  I  have  seen  of  the  paper  is  in  the  Picayune  of 
November  13,  and  the  Alta  of  November  18,  which  says  that  the 
Post  is  no  longer  published.     Kemble  says  it  died  November  14. 

Lib.  Cong.  Nos.  1  and  3. 

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SAN  DIEGO  HERALD. 

Vol.  I.        San  Diego,  Cal.,  Thursday,  May  29,  1851.        No.  1. 

A  weekly  paper  published  and  edited  by  J-  Judson  Ames. 

Ames  published  a  prospectus  in  the  San  Francisco  newspapers 
in  Xovember,  1850.  It  is  likely  that  he  expected  to  get  the  printing 
in  Spanish  of  the  laws  passed  by  the  first  Legislature.  The  paper 
was  a  red-hot  Democratic  organ  and  the  owner  spent  a  lot  of 
time  in  San  Francisco  looking  after  his  political  fences.  On  one 
occasion  he  went  away  and  left  Derby  to  run  the  paper.  Derby 
immediately  changed  the  politics,  and  in  his  book,  Phoenixiana, 
he  tells  a  very  amusing  story  about  what  happened  when  Ames 
returned. 

Ames  continued  to  publish  the  San  Diego  Herald  until  April 
7,  1860,  at  which  time  he  moved  the  press  to  San  Bernardino 
where  he  printed  the  San  Bernardino  Herald  until  he  died  in   1861. 

For  an  interesting  account  of  the  paper  see  Smythe — History 
of  San  Diego.  San  Diego,  1907. 

The  San  Diego  Public  Library  has  an  almost  complete  file  of 
this  paper  beginning  with  the  first  number. 

126 

REVUE  CALIFORNIENNE. 

Published  every  Saturday  by  M.  Jules  de  France. 

Aha,  June  10,  1851,  refers  to  the  issuance  of  the  second  num- 
ber of"  this  weekly  and  says  that  it  was  an  autographic  print 
of  8  pages  in  pamphlet  form  and  size,  printed  on  fine  paper  and 
stitched  with  a  pretty  cover. 

Herald.  June  11,  refers  to  it  in  such  a  way  as  would  indicate 
that  the  first  number  appeared  June  7. 

Levy,  Les  Francais  En  Californie  page  110  in  speaking  of  Jules 
de  France  evidently  refers  to  this  publication,  but  says  only  one 
number  appeared. 

I  have   found   no  copy. 

127 

[ADDRESS  of  the  Vigilance  Committee,  June  13th,  1851.] 

See  Soule's  Annals  of  San  Francisco,  pages  573  to  576  for  the 
contents  of  this  address,  which  it  seems  was  published  at  this 
time,  probably  together  with  the  by-laws  of  the  Vigilance  Com- 
mittee. This  is  probably  the  poster  referred  to.  in  Ban.  Popular 
Tril)unals,  Vol.  II.  218  of  which  200  copies  were  printed  at  the 
Herald  Office  in  English,  French,  German  and  Spanish. 

The  Union  of  Sacramento,  June  16,  says  this  was  published 
June   13. 

No  copy  known. 

128 

[TO  THE  CITIZENS  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO.] 

Alta,  June  18,  says  that  a  hand  bill  was  circulated  yesterday 
calling  for  a  meeting  on  the  Plaza  on   Sunday  for  the  purpose  of 

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expressing  disapprobation  of  the  action  of  the  Vigilance  Commit- 
tee and  citizens  generally  in  maintaining  law  and  order.  It  was 
signed  "Many  Citizens."  The  Alta  says  the  Mayor  ordered  the 
issue   suppressed. 

No  copy  located. 

129 

REPORT   Of   The   Pacific   Tract   Society. 

Alta  June  15,  1851,  acknowledges  receipt  from  T.  J.  Nevins  of 
this  pamphlet  of  nearly  60  pages  which  contains  all  the  doings  of 
the   Society  since   its  organization  in   February,   1850. 

No  copy  located. 

130 

THE  SAN  JOSE  WEEKLY  VISITOR. 

Established    Friday,    June    20,    1851,    by    Damon,    Emmerson 
and  Jones,  and  issued  on  Fridays. 

The  last  number  appeared  June  4,  1852,  although  Damon  only 
remained  with  the  paper  six  months. 

August  19,  1852,  a  continuation  of  this  paper  appeared  as  the 
Santa^'Clara  Register,  published  by  J.  C.  Emmerson  and  under  that 
name  until  October  20,  1853.  On  that  day  the  name  was  changed 
to  San  Jose  Telegraph  and  Santa  Clara  Register,  which  paper 
continued  to  appear  till  August  7,  1855,  being  succeeded  by  the 
San  Jose  Telegraph,  August  14. 

Hall's  History  of  San  Jose,  Chapters  19  and  20. 

Kemble  says  the  first  number  appeared  June  21,  which  may 
have  been  the  case,  as  the  Alta,  June  23,  refers  to  its  first  appear- 
ance. However,  as  it  was  afterwards  issued  on  Friday.  I  follow 
Hall  in  assuming  that  the  first  appearance  was  Friday,  the  20th. 

I  have  not  seen  any  copy  of  this  newspaper. 

HUNT,  REV.  T.  DWIGHT 

Sermon  I  Suggested  By  The!  Execution  Of  Jenkins, ^  On  The 
Plaza,  I  By  ""The  People"  Of  San  Francisco  During  The 
Night  Of  The!  10th  Oi  June,  1851. !By  T.  Dwight  Hunt,] 
Pastor  Of  The  First  Congregational  Church.  1 

Published  Bv  Marvin  &  Hitchcock.! Importers  Of  Books 
And  Stationery,! Montgomery  Street,  Near  Clay,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.!  1851. j 

Gazette  Print,  Benicia.] 

Cover  title  surrounded  by  an  ornamental  border — the 
regular  title  is  the  same  except  that  it  does  not  contain 
Gazette  Print,  Benicia,  at  the  bottom,  nor  does  it  appear 
within  a  border. 

12°,  26  pages. 

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This  Sermon  was  probably  printed  in  Benicia  during  the  latter 
part  of  June,  although  it  may  have  been  printed  within  a  few 
days  after  the  Sermon  was  delivered,  as  there  was  an  immediate 
occasion  for  putting  it  before  the  public.  Probably  owing  to  the 
destruction  of  several  newspaper  offices  by  fire,  May  4 — in  fact, 
all  but  the  Alta   California — the  pamphlet  was  printed  in   Benicia. 

Huntington   Library. 

132 


PACIFIC  STAR. 

Vol.  I.  San  Francisco,  June  25,  1851.  No.  1. 

Published  by  Sutherland,  Rust  and  White,  every  morn- 
ing except  Sunday. 

Sacramento  Union.  June  27,  in  its  correspondence  from  San 
Francisco,  dated  the  25th,  says  the  paper  appeared  that  rnorning, 
as  a  new  Democratic  organ.  The  correspondent  says  that  it  looks 
like  a  starved  coyote,  and  will  not  last  long,  not  even  a  week. 
Nevertheless,  it  was  still  going  on  August  8,  as  it  was  represented 
at  the  editorial  convention  at  that  time  by  Sutherland,  Rust,  White 
and   Snyder. 

Alta,  October  15,  speaks  of  attempts  to  revive  the  Pacific  Star, 
but   that   Rust  is   going   to   Marysville   to   start   a   new   paper   there. 

Mercantile  Library  Catalogue  lists  file  from  July  8  to  August 
5,  1851,  and  calls  it  the  Daily  Pacific  Star. 

133 

AN  ACT  to  regulate  Proceedings  In  Civil  Cases  in  the  Courts 
Of  Justice  of  the  State  Of  California,  approved  April, 
1851. 

Benicia,  Cal.    St.  Clair,  Pinkham  &  Co.  Pttblishers.     1851. 

8°,  133  pages. 

Sacramento  Union  of  June  30  says  Pinkham  has  arrived  in 
town  with  a  supply  of  these  pamphlets  printed  on  good  paper 
with  clear  type.     The  Alta  of  June  30  also  mentions  it. 

California   State   Library.     Only  copy   located. 

134 


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Publications  Bearing  Date  1851  But  Printed 
After  Jul})  I. 

SUNDAY  DESPATCH,  Published  by  Bonnard,  Ewer  &  Co. 
July  10. 

Aha,  October  26,  1851,  says  the  Despatch  will  not  be  publislied 
today,  but  next  Sunday.     It  pro!)ably  never  appeared  again. 

135 

ELDORADO   NEWS,   Published  by  Harmon  and  Springer, 
Coloma.     First  Number,  July  19. 
Moved  to  Placerville  December  6. 

136 

FRUITS  OF  MORMONISM.     Compiled  by  N.  Slater,  A.  M. 
Coloma,  Cal.,  Harmon  &  Springer,  1851. 
8°,  title,  93  (1)  pages. 

This  book  must  have  been  published  in  the  latter  part  of  July 
or  August,  as  Harmon  &  Springer  did  not  begin  printing  there 
until  July  19.  The  book  itself  contains  quotations  from  a  Sacra- 
mento paper  of  June  28. 

137 

PACIFIC,   August    1,   a    monthly.      Organ   of   the    Congrega- 
tional Church. 

138 

vX    A    DISSERTATION    on    the    resources   and    policy    of    Cali- 
fornia: .  .  .  bv  John  J.   Werth.     Benicia,   Cal.   St.   Clair  & 
Pinkham,  1851. 
8°,  VIII,  87  pages. 

These  letters  had  appeared  in  the  Alta  and  the  introduction 
contains  correspondence  of  August  16  and  20  relative  to  reprint- 
ing them  in  pamphlet  form.  The  Alta  of  October  16  notices  the 
pamphlet. 

139 

CALIFORNIA  CHRISTIAN  ADVOCATE.     Edited  by  Rev. 
S.  D.  Simonds. 

Alta,  October  11,  notices  the  issue  of  the  first  number  the  day 
before. 

140 

CALAVERAS    CHRONICLE,    Mokelumne.      First    number 
October  9,    1851,  by  H.   Hamilton,  J.  J.   Ayres  and   H.  A. 
DeCourcey. 
Kemble. 

141 
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COLUMBIA  STAR.     Columbia.     First  issue,  October  25,  by 
G.  W.  Gore. 

Kemble. 

142 

CALIFORNIA   EXPRESS,    Marysville,   by    R.    Rust.      First 
issue  November  3. 

Kemble. 

143 

CALIFORNIA    HEBREW    AND    ENGLISH    ALMANAC 

for  the  year  5612  corresponding  with  the  year   1851-2  pre- 
pared  by   Alexander   Iser.      Albion   Job    Office.      32   pages. 
Alta,  Dec.   10.  1851. 

144 

PACIFIC  AND  ATLANTIC  RAILROAD. 

Articles  of  association  and  by-laws  of  the  Pacific  and 
Atlantic  railroad  company;  together  with  a  general  law  of 
the  state  of  California  for  incorporating  railroad  companies. 

San  Jose:     Damon,  Emerson  and  Jones.  Printers  ..  .1851. 

8°,  40  pages  and  a  map  and  profile. 

Alta,  December  6,  quotes  the  Weekly  Visitor  of  the  5th  to  the 
effect  that  the  pamphlet  is  in  the  press,  and  the  issue  of  December 
26  has  a  letter  about  it  evidently  just  published. 

Cowan's  Bibliography  of  California. 

145 

REPORTS  OF  CASES  Argued  And  Determined  In  The 
Supreme  Court  Of  The  State  Of  California.  By  Nathaniel 
Bennett,  One  Of  The  Justices.    \'ol.  I. 

Eugene  Casserly,  State  Printer. 

San  Francisco:  Marvin  &  Hitchcock,  Montgomery 
Street.     New  York:     Charles  B.  Norton  .  .  .  1851. 

8°,  XII,  leaf  of  errata,  pages  9-657. 

Pages  557-604  comprise  an  appendix,  containing  "The 
alcalde  svstem  of  S.  F."  and  "San  Francisco  and  its  provi- 
sional government"  by  R.  A.  Wilson  and  "Report  on  the 
civil  and  common  law,"  a  Senate  report  of  February  27, 
1850. 

Pages  607-657  comprise  the  index. 

The  last  case  reported  in  this  collection  is  the  case  of  Casserly 
vs.  Fitch.  This  decision  was  handed  down  December  4,  1851,  and 
the  book  was  proliably   issued  very  shortly  after. 

146 

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Books  With  California  Imprints  of  1850-51, 
But  Printed  ElsewKere. 

THE  STATUTES  OF  CALIFORNIA  Passed  At  The  First 
Session  Of  The  Legislature.  .  .  .  With  An  Appendix  And 
Index. 

San  Jose.     J.  Winchester,  State  Printer.     18.50. 
4°,  IX,  482  pages. 

147 

JOURNAL  OF  THE  SENATE  Of  The  State  Of  Cahfornia ; 
At  Their  First  Session.  .  .  . 

San  Jose:    J.  Winchester,  State  Printer.     1850. 
8°,  1347  pages. 

The  Legislature  of  1850,  in  consideration  of  having  the  Statutes 
and  Journals  printed  at  a  reduction  of  50%  from  the  price  of  its 
contract  with  the  State  Printer,  agreed  to  allow  them  to  be 
printed  in  the  east.  When  Winchester  received  his  appointment, 
he  agreed  to  this  condition  and  had  them  printed  in  New  York 
by  J.  Craighead  of  Fulton  Street.  The  first  to  arrive  in  California 
were  100  copies  of  the  Journals  which  came  over  the  Isthmus  and 
arrived  in  the  Oregon  in  October,  1850,  but  the  Statutes  did  not 
arrive  until  December.  The  law  provided  that  1050  copies  of  the 
Statutes  should  be  printed  in  English  and  350  in  Spanish,  but  the 
last  were  never  printed.  I  have  never  seen  any  statement  as  to 
the  number  of  the  Journals  to  be  printed,  but  presumably  the 
same  number. 

An  advertisement  appeared  in  the  Sacramento  papers  in  Decem- 
ber to  the  effect  that  Winchester  had  a  few  copies  of  the  Statutes 
printed  for  himself,  which  would  be  sold  at  $25.  per  volume,  and 
the  Stockton  Journal  contained  an  article  charging  Winchester 
with  having  delayed  the  shipment  of  the  official  copies  so  as  to 
enable  him  to  make  a  little  private  speculation  of  his  own. 

148 

THE  STATUTES  OF  CALIFORNIA  Passed  At  The  Sec- 
ond Session  Of  The  Legislature:  .  .  . 
Eugene  Casserly,  State  Printer.     1851. 
8°,  VIII,  [9] -558  pages.    3  pages  of  Errata  on  blue  paper 
inserted. 

149 

JOURNALS  OF  THE   LEGISLATURE   Of  The   State   Of 
California  ;  At  Its  Second  Session  :  .  .  . 
Eugene  Casserly,  State  Printer.     1851. 

8°,  1865  pages. 

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At  the  session  of  the  Legislature  in  1854  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  report  on  the  unadjusted  accounts  of  the  State  with 
Casserly.  From  their  report  it  seems  that  the  Governor  refused 
to  acknowledge  the  right  of  the  Legislature  to  elect  Casserly  as 
State  Printer  at  the  end  of  the  session  of  1851  and  proceeded  to 
appoint  G.  K.  Fitch  a  few  days  later.  The  Secretary  of  State  fol- 
lowed the  Governor  and  turned  over  all  the  material  to  be  printed 
to  Fitch,  whereupon  Fitch  sent  all  the  copy  to  New  \  ork  and 
had  the  Statutes  and  Journals  printed  there.  In  the  meantime 
Casserly  brought  the  matter  before  the  courts,  and  December  4 
the  supreme  court  rendered  a  decision  to  the  effect  that  Casserly 
was  the  legal  State  Printer,  and  not  Fitch.  About  this  time  the 
Statutes  and  Journals  came  back  from  New  York,  but  on  account 
of  this  decision  they  were  not  received  from  Fitch,  who  had  paid 
for  having  them  printed.  As  there  was  a  great  need  of  the 
Statutes  especially,  a  compromise  was  effected  by  which  Cas- 
serly bought  the  copies  from  Fitch  and  proceeded  to  have  new 
title  pages  printed  with  his  name  on  them  and  indexes  made. 
Having  discovered  that  there  were  a  number  of  errors  in  the 
Statutes,  he  also  had  the  errata  printed. 

150 

A  "PILE,"  Or,  A  Glance  At  The  Wealth  Of  The  Monied 
Men  Of  San  Francisco  And  Sacramento  City.  Also,  An 
Accurate  List  Of  The  Lawyers,  Their  Former  Places  Of 
Residence,  And  Date  Of  Their  Arrival  In  San  Francisco. 
San  Francisco,  Cooke  &  LeCount,  Booksellers,  1851. 
8^,15  pages.  On  the  verso  of  the  second  leaf  is  the  copy- 
right notice — Entered  .  .  .  Southern  District  of  New 
York — from  which  it  appears  that  the  book  was  printed  in 
New  York  and  not  in  San  Francisco. 

The  S.  F.  Herald  of  February  IS,  1851,  notices  the  receipt  of 
this  from  Cooke  &  LeCount,  and  adds  that  the  book  was  con- 
ceived, written  and  published  in  San  Francisco.  It  was  advertised 
in  the  same  issue  at  50  cents. 

Copy  in  the   Hitchcock  collection. 

A  copy  recently  turned  up  with  1852  on  the  title  page. 


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Publications    Without    Date    and   Without 

Place. 

LOVES  LABOR  LOST  or  the  Ups  and  Downs  of  a  Cmld 
Hunter,  alias  ....  by  A  Victim. 

The  S  F  Herald  of  February  15,  1851,  announces  receipt  of 
this  book  from  the  author  and  states  that  it  was  conceived,  writ- 
ten, and  published  in  San  Francisco. 

No  copy  is  known,  nor  is  it  clear  from  the  above  statement 
that  it  was  printed  in  San   Francisco. 

TO  THE  CITIZENS  OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA. 

[A  proclamation  calling  for  a  convention  of  delegates  from 
the  southern  part  of  California  to  be  held  at  Monterey  on 
the  third  Monday  of  September  in  order  to  take  ^action  to 
create  a  new  state  in  the  southern  part  of  California, 
and  signed]   Agoston  Haraszthy. 

Folio  broadside  of  14  lines  aside  from  the  title  and  sig- 
nature. It  bears  no  place  nor  date,  but  has  a  memorandum 
apparently  made  by  Vallejo— December  30,  1850,— but  I 
think  it  was  printed'  in  the  summer  of  1851. 

Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XXXV,   No.  262. 

TRATADO  DE  PAZ,  Amistad  etc.  etc. 

Articles  VIII,  IN,  NNII  with  the  signatures  of  the  pleni- 
potentiaries at  the  end. 

These  are  the  articles  of  the  treaty  between  Mexico  and  the 
United  States  in  re£?ard  to  land  titles  and  this  was  obviously 
printed  for  the  use  of  and  information  of  California  Mexicans,  but 
whether  in  1851   or  1852  is  not  apparent. 

There  is  a  copy  in  the  Bancroft  Library  printed  on  one  side  ot 
a  sheet  of  letter  paper. 

154 

CHRONICLES. 

A  leaf  of  large  octavo  size  printed  on  one  side  only  in  two  col- 
umns, and  headed  Chapter  I.  At  the  end  will  be  found- 
Monterey  Anno  Domino  1847. 

It  is  written  in  biblical  style  in  25  verses,  the  last  of  which 
refers  to  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  the  grandson  of  Solomon  and  his 

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satellites  to  be  found  in  the  second  chapter.  The  matter  is  a 
take-off  on  an  election,  which  cannot  be  identified  with  any  elec- 
tion which  took  place  in   California  abont  this   time. 

The  type  is  entirely  different  from  that  used  by  the  Californian, 
but  it  has  some  resemblance  to  that  used  by  the  Star,  and  there  is 
a  possibility  that  it  may  have  been  printed  on  that  press  in  San 
Francisco;  but  in  its  general  appearance,  it  has  no  reseml)lance 
whatever  to  anything  that  I  have  seen  printed  in  California  before 
1850. 

Collection   of  Mr.   C.  T.   Crocker. 

155 

TITULOS  DE  TERRENOS  EN  CALIFORNIA. 

An  advertisement  in  the  San  Francisco  Herald  of  July  19,  1851, 
refers  to  the  publication  in  Spanish  of  the  act  of  Congress  in 
relation  to  land  titles.  The  title  of  the  work  is  not  given,  but  I 
infer  that  it  was  as  given  above. 

156 


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Documents  of  tKe  First  and  Second  Sessions 
of  tKe  Legislature 

Very  few  of  the  reports  or  acts  printed  by  the  first  two  ses- 
sions  of   the    Legislature   have    come    down   to    us,   but   it    is 
obvious  from  a  perusal  of  the  Journals  that  a  very  consider- 
able  amount  of  printing   was   done.     The  newspapers   of  the 
day    continually   report   the   receipt   of    documents    from    San 
Jose,  but  in  nearly  all  cases  fail  to  say  what  they  were.     It 
seems  that  in  accordance  with  the  usual  legislative  procedure, 
copies  of  all  bills  which  had  been  passed  to  committee,  or  pre- 
sented by  committees,  were  printed,  but  I  only  found  in  the 
archives  of  the  State  one  example  from  the  House  of  Assem- 
bly   of    the    two    sessions.      Besides    the    printing    that    was 
so  done  under  the  general  rule,  each  body  at  times  ordered 
proposed   bills    to    be    printed,    thus    indicating    that    at    such 
times  the  general  rule  was  not  in  effect,  probably  because  of 
trouble  with  the  State  Printer  which  occurred  on  several  occa- 
sions.    As  it  is  therefore  impossible  to  present  a  statement  of 
the  whole  amount  of  printing  executed  by  order  of  the  respec- 
tive bodies,  I  have  made  up  a  list  of  the  various  reports  which 
were  ordered  printed  and  such  acts  as  were  specifically  or- 
dered printed  immediately  after  passage  for  obviously  urgent 
reasons. 

SENATE— FIRST  SESSION 


JOINT  RULES  of  the  Senate  and  Assembly. 
100  copies  ordered  printed  January  14,   1850. 

RULES  of  the  Senate. 

100  copies   ordered   printed   January   14,    1850. 


157 


158 


REPORT  on  an  act  in  relation  to  the  coining  of  money  by 
individuals. 

500    copies    ordered    printed    by    the    Senate,    February    6     1850. 
This   is   reprinted   in   the   Appendix   to   the   Journals,    page   548,   as 

"Report   of  Mr.   Robinson  on  counterfeit   coin."  ■ 

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REPORT    from   a  joint   committee   on   resignations   of   mem- 
bers of  the  Legislature. 

1.000   copies    ordered    printed    by   the    Senate,    February    7.      The 
Aha   California,   February   13,  advises   the  receipt  of  this  pamphlet. 
Printed   in   the   Appendix  to   the   Journals,   page   452,   as  "Report 
of  Mr.  Douglass  in  reference  to  Resisrnation  of  Members." 

160 

MESSAGE  of  Governor  Burnett  vetoing  the  act  to  incor- 
porate Los  Angeles. 

100  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  February  8. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page   137. 

161 

REPORT  of  the  committee  on  an  act  for  a  Marine  Hospital 
in  San  Francisco. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  February  13. 
Published  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  page  481,  as  "Report 
of  Mr.   Chamberlin,  on  Marine  Hospital." 

162 

REPORT  of  E.  O.  Crosby  on  Dwinelle's  petition  for  the 
adoption  of  the  civil  law. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,   February  11 . 
Printed   in   the   Appendix   to  the  Journals,   page   459,   as   "Report 
of  Mr.  Crosby  on  Civil  and  Common  Law." 

163 

REPORT  from  the  select  committee  by  Heydenfeldt  on  "An 
act  supplementary  to  an  act  entitled'  'An  act  sub-dividing 
the  State  into  Counties  and  establishing  the  seat  of  justice 
therein'  ". 

500  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  March  6,  1850. 
Printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  page  556,  as  "Report 
of  Mr.  Heydenfeldt  on  Supplementary  County  Boundary  Bill." 

164 

COMMUNICATIONS  from  the  harbor  master  at  San  Fran- 
cisco stating  the  number  of  vessels  arrived,  amount  of  ton- 
nage, and  emigration  to  the  port  of  San  Francisco,  etc., 
from  April  12,  1849,  to  February  28,  1850. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate  March  11.  1850. 

165 

REPORT  of  Mr.  Green  on  mines  and  foreign  miners,  March 
20,  1850. 

1,000  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  March  20. 
Printed   in  the   Appendix   to   the   Journals,   page   493,   as   "Report 
of  Mr.  Green  on  Mines  and  Foreign  Miners." 

166 
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TREATY  OF  PEACE  between  the  United  States  and  Mex- 
ico, ratified  the  28th  of  May,  1848. 

240  copies  ordered  printed  bv  the  Senate,  March  21. 

167 

AN  ACT  concerning  the  official  bonds  of  officers. 

800  copies  in   English  and  300  copies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  Senate,  March  26,   1850. 

168 

AN  ACT  sul)dividing  the  State  into  counties  and  establishing 
the  seats  of  justice  therein. 

800  copies  in  English  and  300  copies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  Senate,  March  26,   1850. 

500  copies  in  English  and  250  copies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  House,  March  5,  1850. 

169 

AN  ACT  to  organize  the  district  courts. 

800  copies  in  English  and  300  copies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  Senate,  March  26,  1850. 

500  copies  in  English  and  250  copies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  House,  March  5. 

170 

AN  ACT  creating  and  regulating  pubHc  ferries. 

800  copies  in   English  ar.d  300  copies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  Senate,  March  26,  1850. 

171 

AN  ACT  regulating  interest. 

800  cooies  in  English  and  300  copies  in   Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  Senate,  March  26,  1850. 

172 

AN  ACT  to  regulate  the  general  election.' 

800  copies  in  English  and  300  copies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  Senate,  March  26,   1850. 

500  copies  in  English  and  250  copies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  House,  March  5,  1850. 

173 

AN  ACT  to  organize  the  supreme  court. 

800  copies  in  English  and  300  cooies  in  Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  Senate,  March  26,  1850. 

174 

REPORT  of  Mr.  Green  on  State  loan,  April  3,  1850. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  April  3.  1850. 
Printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  page  559. 

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REPORT  by  Mr.  Broderick  from  the  committee  on  public 
buildings  and  grounds  on  the  location  of  the  State  Capital, 
April  2,  1850. 

1,000  copies  in  English  and  250  in  Spanish  ordered  printed  by 
the  Senate,  April  3,  1850. 

To  this  report  was  added  the  Memorial  of  M.  G.  Vallejo  and 
the  proposition  of  citizens  of  San  Jose,  Monterey  and  "Xew  York 
of  the   Pacific." 

Printed  in   the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  pages  498-510. 


176 


LIST  OF  ACTS  passed  by  the  Legislature  to  April   11   in  a 
communication  from  the  Secretary  of  State. 

100  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  April  11,  1850. 

The  correspondence  between  General  Riley  and  the  Secretary 
of  State  relating  to  the  archives,  which  was  printed  with  this  docu- 
ment, is  reprinted  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  page  52U. 

177 


REPORT  of  the  select  committee  in  relation  to  the  office  of 
State  Assayer. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  April  13,  1850. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page   563,  as  "Report  by  Mr.  Robinson 
relative  to  State  Assayer." 

178 


REPORT  on  the  derivation  and  definition  of  the  names  of  the 
several  Counties  of  California.     By  Mr.  Vallejo. 
H.  H.  Robinson,  State  Printer. 
[San  Jose  1850.] 
8°,  16  pages. 

2000  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  April  16,  1850. 
Collection  of  Mr.  W.  Eames. 

INFORME  De  La  Comision  Especial  Sobre  La  Derivacion  Y 
Definicion  De  Los  Nombres  De  Los  Diferentes  Condados 
Del  Estado  De  California,  Etc. 

H.  H.  Robinson,  Impresor  Del  Estado. 
8^  20  pages. 

1,000  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  Senate,  April  16,  1850. 
M.  G.  Vallejo  was  the  president  of  the  commission  and  rendered 
a  report  April   15.  1850,  which   must  have  been  printed  at  once  as 
Robinson  only  officiated  as  printer  a  short  time  longer. 
Ban.  Lib. 

Printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals  in  English,  page  522. 

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HOUSE  OF  ASSEMBLY— FIRST  SESSION 

REPORT  from  Mr.  Brown  of  the  committee  of  agriculture. 
60  copies   ordered   printed  by  the   House,  January   14,   1850. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page  653. 

180 

STANDING  RULES  and  orders  for  conducting  business  in 
the  House  of  Assembly  in  the  State  of  California,  and  joint 
rules  and  orders. 

125  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  January  17,  1850. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  667-684. 

181 

JOINT   RESOLUTION  upon   the  subject  of  the  public   do- 
main, mineral  lands,  custom  houses,  etc. 
Report  from  the  select  committee. 
60  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  January  17,   1850. 

182 

REPORT  from  the  judiciary  committee  by  Mr.  Randolph  in 
reference  to  the  office  of  Surveyor  General. 

1,000  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  January  19. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  paee  691. 

183 

REPORT  from  the  committee  on  ways  and  means  by  Mr. 
Tingley  with  a  bill  defining  the  amount  of  revenue  to  be 
collected  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  government  of  the 
State  of  California  for  the  year  1850. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  January  30,  1850. 

184 

REPORT  from  the  select  committee  on  the  joint  resolutions 
on  public  domains,  mineral  lands,  etc.,  together  with  a 
minority  report. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,   February  9. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page  802. 

185 

REPORT  by  Mr.  McKinstry  from  the  select  committee  on 
the  civil  fund  together  with  a  communication  from  H.  W. 
Halleck. 

10,000  copies  in  English  and  2,500  in  Spanish  ordered  printed  liy 
the  House,  February  9,  1850. 

Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  817-828. 

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GOVERNOR'S    SPECIAL    MESSAGE    vetoing    the    bill    to 
incorporate  Sacramento. 

60  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House.  Fel^ruary  21.  1850. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page  890. 

187 

AN  ACT  for  holding  the  first  cottnty  election. 

500  copies  in  English  and  250  copies  in   Spanish  ordered  printed 
by  the  House,  March  5,  1850. 

188 

REPORT  by  the  committee  on  military  affairs  with  a  "Bill 
concerning  the  organization  of  the  militia". 
60  f-opies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  March  7. 

189 

REPORT    from    the    committee    on    military    aft'airs    with    a 
"Bill  concerning  volunteer  and   independent   companies". 
60  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  March  7,  1850. 


AN  ACT  "to  define  the  rights  of  husband  and  wife. 
100  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  April  10. 

AN  ACT  to  regulate  the  estates  of  deceased  persons. 
100  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  April  10. 

LIST  OF  ACTS  and  joint  resolutions. 
1000  copies  ordered  printed.  April  15. 


190 


191 


192 


193 


JOINT  RESOLUTION  relative  to  slavery  in  the  states  and 
territories. 

60  copies  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  .A.pril  16. 

194 


SENATE— SECOND   SESSION 

MESSAGE  of  Governor  Burnett. 

5000  copies  ordered  printed  J?nuary  6,  1851. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  11-37. 


RULES  of  the  Senate. 

ICO  copies  ordered  printed  January  14. 

Printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  page  :)07 

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CONTESTED  ELECTION  CASE  of  W.  D.  Fair  and  T.  B. 
Van  Buren  before  the  Senate  of  California.  Proceedings 
and  testimony. 

250  copies  ordered  printed  January  25.  1851. 

There  was  a  copy  of  this  in  the  old   Mercantile   Lilirary. 

Printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  pages  611-644. 

197 

REPORT  of  the  Treasurer  and  Comptroller. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  jointly  by  Senate  and  House,  Janu- 
ary 27. 

Printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  pages  519-558. 

198 

REPORT  of  the  committee  on  Indian  affairs. 
Ordered  printed  January  28. 
Printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  page  678. 

199 

ACT  concerning  common  schools  and  public  instruction. 
200  copies  ordered  printed  March  3. 

200 

[In  Senate.] 

REPORT  On  The  Pious  Fund  Of  California.     By  Mr.  War- 
ner.    Presented  to  the  Senate,  March  26,  1851. 
J.  Winchester,  State  Printer. 
8°,  6  pages.     Signed  at  the  end — J.  J.  Warner,  Chairman. 

500  copies  ordered  printed  March  26. 

Ban.  Val.  Doc.  XXXV.  No.  292. 

Printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Journals,  pages  730-733. 

201 


HOUSE  OF  ASSEMBLY— SECOND   SESSION 

MESSAGE  of  the  Governor  in  Spanish. 

500  copies  ordered   printed  January  9,   1851. 

202 

RULES  of  the  House  and  joint  rules. 
100  copies  ordered  printed  January  10. 

203 

REPORT    of   evidence    in    the   case   of   contested   election    of 
Smith  vs.  Saunders. 

Ordered  printed  January  15. 

Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  880-893. 

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MEMORIAL  (if  court  of  sessions  of  Sacramento  County 
Ordered   printed  January   15. 


205 


REPORT  of  Treasurer  on  collection  of  miner's  license  tax. 

Ordered  printed  January   16. 

Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  907-914. 

206 

DOCUMENTS  accompanying  the  Governor's  message  giving 
number  of  cases  on  the  docket  of  the  district  and  supreme 
courts. 

Ordered  printed  January  16. 

207 

REPORT  of  Board  of  Health  to  the  Governor. 

Ordered  printed  Januarj'   17. 

Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  919-924. 

208 

REPORT  of  the  committee  on  the  archives  of  California. 

Ordered  printed  January  27. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page   1019. 


209 


210 


211 


212 


REPORT  of  committee  on  incorporation  of  Eureka. 
Ordered  printed  January  29. 

REPORT  of  committee  on  election  of  Osgood. 

Ordered   printed   February  3. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page  1072. 

REPORT  of  committee  on  Indian  affairs. 

Ordered  printed   February  4. 
Printed  in   the  Journals,  page   1077. 

REPORT  of  committee  on  State  printing. 

Ordered  printed   February  7. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page  1096. 

213 

JOINT    RESOLUTIONS    relating   to    land    titles,    and   joint 
resolutions  relative  to  public  land. 

Ordered  printed  February  7. 

214 

COMMUNICATION  of  State  Translator. 

Ordered  printed  February  8. 

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REPORT   of  committee  on   the   Governor's   veto  message   of 
February  12. 

Ordered  printed  March  3. 

I'rintcd  in  the  Journals,  page   1301. 

216 

AN  ACT  to  fund  the  debt  of  the  State. 
200  copies  ordered  printed  March  7. 

217 

REPORT  of  the  select  committee  by  B.  F.  Moore,  chairman, 
on  the  water  lot  bill. 

Ordered  printed   March   10. 

I'rinted  in  the  Journals,  pages  1329-1333. 

218 

MESSAGE    from    the    Governor    on    Mariposa    Indian    diffi- 
culties. 

200  copies  ordered  printed  March   15. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page  1367. 

219 

REPORT  of  commissioners  on  locating  the  Vallejo  Capitol. 
Ordered  printed  March  25. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page  1423. 

220 

REPORT  on  a  bill  to  exempt  homesteads  from  forced  sale. 
Ordered  printed  March  28. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  page   1444. 

221 

REPORT  of  State  Translator. 

Ordered  printed  March  28. 

Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  1449-1452. 

This  contains  a  list  of  the  acts  of  the  first  sess-'on  which  had 
been  translated  and  published  in  the  Spanish  language  to  date  of 
the   report. 

222 
In  assembly] 

REPORT  of  the  select  committee  on  bills,  Authorizing  the 
funding  of  the  floating  debt  of  the  city  of  San   Francisco. 
Presented  By  Mr.  Carr  March  31,  1851. 

J.  B.  Devoe,  printer. 
8°,  pages  3-6. 

Pomona   College   Library. 

Printed  in  the  Journals,  page?  1463-6. 

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REPORT  of  the  committee  on  elections  in  the  Bradford  case. 
Ordered  printed  April   1. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  pag^e  1473. 

224 

In  Assembly.] 

REPORT  From  the  Select  Committee  On  Petition  Of  Citi- 
zens Of  Santa  Clara,  Praying  For  The  Passage  Of  Laws, 
To  Suppress  Certain  Vices. 

Introduced  by  Mr.  Cook,  April  2,  185L 

[J.  B.  Devoe,  State  Printer. 
8°,  7  pages. 
Ordered  printed  April  2. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  1483-86. 

Copy  in  Hayes'  collection   California  notes  Vol.   I,  in  the   Ban- 
croft  Library. 

225 

REPORT  of  committee  in  the  Parsons  case. 
500  copies  ordered  printed  April  7. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  1507-1516. 

226 

REPORT  of  the  minority  of  the  committee  on  the  Parsons 
case. 

'500  copies  ordered  printed  April  8. 
Printed  in  the   Tournals,  pages  1548-1554. 

227 

Assembly.] 

REPORT  Of  The  Superintendent  Of  Public  Instruction  Of 
The  State  Of  California.     April  10,  1851. 

[J.  B.  Devoe,  State  Printer. 
8°,  11  pages. 

500  copies  ordered  printed.  April  10. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  1562-9. 
California  State  Library. 

228 

REPORT  of  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  Marine 
Hospital,  April  7,  1851. 

This  is  a  report  of  the  committee  of  the  House  and  will  be 
found  in  the  Journals,  pages  1516-1534.  No  order  to  print  this 
appears,  but  it  was  evidently  printed,  as  a  copy  of  it  w^as  listed 
in  the   Mercantile   Lil)rary  catalogue. 

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REPORT  of  committee  on  the  memorial  of  A.  J.  Yates. 

Ordered  printed  April  23. 

Printed  in  the  Journals,  page  1652. 

230 

REPORT  of  committee  on  the  geological  survey. 

500  copies   ordered   printed  April  24. 
Printed  in  the  Journals,  pages  1689-1702. 

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PampKlet  Edition  of  tKe  Lava's  of  1850 

CONSTITUTION  AND  ACTS  PASSED  ....  at  the  first 
session  in  1849-50. 

San  jose.    H.  H.  Robinson,  State  Printer. 

This  was  the  general  title  prefixed  to  a  volume  belonging 
to  the  Mercantile  Library  and  exhibited  at  the  Loan  Book 
Exhibition  at  the  University  of  California  May  26-31,  1884. 
The  volume  contained  a  collection  of  the  laws,  etc.  of  the 
first  session  of  the  Legislature,  and  contained  a  note  to  the 
efifect  that  the  cost  of  the  volume  was  $116.40  at  10^  a  page, 
from  which  it  would  appear  that  the  volume  had  1164 
pages. 

This  volume  having  been  destroyed  by  the  fire  in  1906, 
and  being  unable  to  locate  any  other,  I  am  uncertain  as  to 
whether  this  was  the  so-called  pamphlet  edition  of  the 
laws  of  the  first  session  or  whether  it  was  simply  a  collec- 
tion which  had  been  gotten  together  by  the  owner  of  the 
volume,  as  the  laws  appeared.  This  seems  most  probable 
from  the  fact  that  the  title  bears  the  imprint  H,  H.  Rob- 
inson. 

Diligent  search  has  failed  to  discover  a  copy  of  the 
famous  pamphlet  edition  of  the  laws,  authorized  by  the  first 
session. 

Immediately  after  the  close  of  the  first  Legislature  H.  H. 
Robinson  resigned  as  State  Printer  and  J.  Winchester  was 
appointed  by  the  Governor,  May  4.  At  the  next  session  of 
the  Legislature  Winchester  rendered  a  report  dated  Janu- 
ary 11,  1851,  in  regard  to  this  pamphlet  edition,  of  which 
the  Legislature  had  authorized  the  issuance  of  800  copies 
in  English  and  300  in  Spanish.  In  Winchester's  report  he 
says  that  Robinson  not  having  completed  the  work,  he  com- 
menced May  10,  and  finished  some  time  in  August,  during 
which  period  78  separate  acts  were  issued  embracing  930 
pages.  As  soon  as  possible  thereafter  the  pamphlet  edition 
was  distributed  to  the  members  of  the  Legislature  and  to 
the  various  officers  entitled  by  law  to  receive  them. 

Just  how  many  laws  were  printed  in  Spanish,  I  have  not 
been  able  to  determine.  Winchester  says  that  he  printed 
26  acts  of  448  pages  all  told  up  to  the  end  of  1850,  besides 
those  printed  by  Robinson.  Just  how  many  Robinson 
printed,  I  do  not  know,  but  the  State  Translator  in  his 
report  of  December  20,   1850,  only  lists  31   acts  as  having 

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been  translated,  \vhich  would  indicate  that  Robinson  only 
printed  5.  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  a  copy  of  any  law 
in  Spanish,  and  but  one  or  two  in  English  except  the  col- 
lection which  is  now  in  the  New  York  Public  Library  con- 
sisting of  84  laws. 

About  four  years  ago  a  volume  turned  up  in  the  auction 
rooms  of  New  York,  containing  the  Constitution  of  the 
State  of  California  (No.  48  of  this  list),  No.  59,  the  English 
edition  of  179,  Nos.  68  and  69.  and  a  collection  of  about  90 
of  the  acts  passed  by  the  first  Legislature.  This  collection 
was  headed  by  the  following : 

232 

LIST  OF  ACTS  Passed  By  the  Legislature  of  the  State  Of 
California  at  Its  First  Session,  in  1849  and  1850. 
8°,  pages  3-12. 
1000  copies  were  ordered  printed  by  the  House,  April  15. 

This  list  was  published  in  the  Sacramento  Transcript 
May  2  before  it  was  published  in  pamphlet  form,  and 
as  Winchester  took  over  the  work  as  State  Printer  May  4 
or  5,  it  is  probable  that  he  printed  it,  although  of  course 
it  is  always  possible  that  Robinson  printed  it  a  day  or  two 
before  he  resigned.  The  list  comprises  145  acts  and  19 
joint  resolutions,  but  not  all  the  acts  that  were  passed,  as 
in  the  volume  there  were  two  acts  approved  March  30, 
neither  of  which  appear  in  the  list.  This  volume  was  obvi- 
ously not  a  part  of  the  volume  of  pamphlet  laws  but  a 
selection  evidently  made  by  some  lawyer,  as  it  contained 
almost  exclusively  acts  which  relate  to  legal  rights  or  pro- 
cedure. The  volume  was  broken  up  by  the  purchaser  and 
after  a  few  of  the  important  acts  had  been  sold  separately, 
the  rest,  about  84  in  number,  passed  into  the  possession  of 
the  New  York  Public  Library. 

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INDEX  OF  NAMES 

(Reference  to  Numbers) 

Alemany,  Bishop  Joseph.     Arrival  of     (94) 

Bartlett,  Washington  A.     Rules  and  Regulations     (2) 

Belden,  Josiah.     Proposes  land  for  State  capital     (80) 

Bennett,  Nathaniel.     Reports  of  cases     (146) 

Benton,  J.  A.     California  As  She  Was     (96) 

Besancon,  L.  A.     Address     (82) 

Bogardus,  J.  P.     Mav  Directory   (62);  June  Directory   (66); 

July  (72) 
Bradford  case,  Report  on  election     (224) 
Branham,  Isaac.     Proposes  land  for  State  capital     (80) 
Brannan.  Samuel.     Signs  address  to  people  of  S.  F.     (HI) 
Broderick,  David  C.    Report  on  location  of  State  capital     (176) 
Brown,  Mr.     Report  on  agriculture     (180) 
Bryant,  Edwin,  Secretary  California  Pioneers     (91) 
Burnett,   Peter   F.     Message    (45);   Proclamation    (80);   Veto 
act    incorporating    Los    Angeles    (161):    Veto    act    incor- 
porating  Sacramento    (187);    Inaugural    message,   second 
'session     (195);    Inaugural    message,    second    session    in 
Spanish  (202) 
Campbell  &  Hoogs,  Business  Directory     (53) 
Carr,  Mr.     Bill  authorizing  funding  floating  debt  of  S.  F.   (223) 
Carr,  John.     Address     (82) 

Casserly,  Eugene,  State  Printer.     Contest  with  Fitch     (150) 
Chamberlin,  E.  Kirby.     Report  on  Marine  Hospital     (162) 
Clark,  Francis  D..  Chairman  Miners'  Committee     (63) 
Colton,  J.  Q..  Alcalde.       Illegality  of  his  grants      (42) 
Cook,  G.  C.     Proposes  land  for  State  capital     (80) 
Cook,  Mr.     Report  on  petition  from  Santa  Clara     (225) 
Crosby,  E.  O.     Report  on  civil  and  common  law     (163) 
Culver,  J.  Horace.     Sacramento  Directory     (101) 
Devoe,  James  B.     Accounts  with  the  Legislature     (95) 
Dibble,  Jonas.     Sale  of  Schooner  William     (7) 
Dodge,  H.  L.     Public  Notice  (42) ;  Notice     (43) 
Douglass,  D.  F.     Report  on  resignation  of  members     (160) 
Fair,    W.    D.    and    T.    B.    Van    Buren,    Contested    election 

case     (197) 
Fitch,  G.  K.     Appointed  State  Printer  by  Governor     (150) 
Fourgeaud,  Dr.  V.  J.     Prospects  of  California     (4) 
Folsom,  Captain  J.  L.    Correspondence  with  Mason  (14)   (20) 
Geary,  John  W.,  Mayor.    Sale  of  lots  (39),  (118) ;  Report  (58)  ; 

Mayor's  message  (76);  Diagrams  of  land  (103) 
Green,  T.  J.     Report  on  mines  and  foreign  miners  (166);  Re- 
port on  State  loan     (175) 

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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


Hall,  J.  L.     Journal     (84) 

Halleck,   H.    W.      Circulars    (10),    (11);    Proclamations    (26). 

(31),  (32) 
Halleck,    H.    W.     Translation    and    digest     (34);    Constitu- 
tion (37) 
Haraszthy,  Agoston.     Address  to   citizens   of   Southern   Cali- 
fornia    (153) 
Hartnell,    W.    E.    P.     Translator   of   Mexican    laws    (34) ;    of 

Constitution  {37):  Translator  of  Sutter's  grant     (60) 
Heydenfeldt,  Elcan.     Report  on  county  boundary  bill     (164) 
Ho'linski,  Alexander,  Author  of  La  Californie     (44) 
Huddart,  R.  T.     Tables     (78) 
Hunt,  T.  Dwight,  Sermon  death  of  Taylor   (85);  Sermon  on 

Jenkins     (132) 
Hyde,  George.     Calls  election  for  Sept.  13,  1847     (9) 
Iser,  Alexander.     California   Hebrew  Almanac     (144) 
Kearny,  S.  W.     Proclamation  (6) ;  Shubrick  and  Kearny  Cir- 
cular    (5) 
Kimball,  Charles  P.     S.  F.  Directory     (86) 
Lisle,  Daniel  J.     Chairman  Whig  Committee     (119) 
McDougal,  Gov.       Message     on     Mariposa     Indian     difficul- 
ties    (219) 
McKinstry,  E.  W.     Report  on  civil  fund     (186) 
Marcy,  W.  L.     Sec'y  of  War,  Circular  letters     (14) 
Marcy  &  Co.     First  State  Printers     (48J 
Marriott,  F.     Commercial  Exchange     (79) 
Marvin,  J.  G.     Report  of  Supt.  of  Public  Instruction     (228) 
Mason,    Col.    R.    B.      Circular    (15);    Extract    from    regula- 
tions   (14);    Letter    with    Shubrick    (13);    Modifications 
Mexican    tariff    (20);   Order    calling   town    meeting    (9): 
Order  prohibiting  purchase  of  arms    (21);   Proclamation 
assuming    office    (8) ;    Proclamation    prohibiting    sale    of 
liquor  (16);  Proclamation  on  signing  of  peace  (22);  Po- 
lice regulations     (12) 
Meiggs,  Henry.     Charter  of  S.  F.      (124) 
Mix,  Warren.     Almanac  for  1850  (40) ;  for  1851      (108) 
Montgomery,  John  B.     Rules  and  Regulations  (2);  Detention 

of  Indians     (3) 
Moore,  Mr.     Report  on  water  lot  bill     (218) 
Morris,    Augustus,    Commissioner    on    condition    beach    and 
water  lots    (90) ;   Commissioner  on   condition  of  real   es- 
tate    (105) 
Nevins,  T.  J.     Secretary  Pacific  Tract  Society    (52),     (130) 
Osgood,  Mr.     Report  on  election  of     (211) 
Parker,  W.     Proposes  land  for  State  capital     (80) 

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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


Parsons  case.     Report  of  committee   (226) ;  Report  of  minor- 
ity committee     (227) 
Plumbe,    John.     Publishes     faithful     translation     ot     Sutter  s 
^rant   (60);  Author  Settlers  and  Land  Speculators     (96) 
Randall,  Mr.     Report  on  geological  survey     (231) 
Randolph,  Mr.     Report  on  office  of  Surveyor  General     (183) 
Reed   James  F.     Proposes  land  for  State  capital     (80) 
Rilev    Col    B.     Proclamation  October   12.   1849   (37);  Procla- 
mation on  desertions   (26);  Orders  No.  16   (27);  Orders 
No.   17   (28);  Orders  No.   19  (29);  Orders  No.  21    (30); 
Proclamation   calling  election   of  delegates    (31);   Procla- 
mation to  people  of  San  Francisco     (32) 
Robinson,  Charles.     President  Squatters'  Association     (60) 
Robinson,   H.   E.     Report  on   counterfeit  coin    (159);   Report 

on  State  Assayer     (178) 
Selover,  A.  A.     Auctioneer  (54),  (61);  Commissioner  on  con- 
dition of  beach  and  water  lots  (90) ;  on  condition  of  real 

estate  (105)  ,       ,-,in 

Sherman,  W.  T.     Countersigns  Mason's  official  circular  (21) 
Shubrick,    Commodore    W.  "B.     Circular    with    Kearny    (5); 

Letter  with  Mason   (13);  Police  regulations     (12) 
Simpton,  George.     Regulations  of  port     (98) 
Slater,  N.     Fruits  of  Mormonism      (137) 
Smith  vs.  Saunders.     Contested  election  case     (204) 
Stevenson,  J.  D.     Grand  Master  Alasons  (64) ;  Proposes  land 

for  State  capital     (80) 
Still  &  Connor.     Successors  to  Still  &  Thomas     (44) 
Still  &  Thomas.     Purchase  Wierzbicki's  California     (44) 
Stockton,  R.  F.     Proclamations,  extras  of  the  Californian    (1) 
Sutter,  J.  A.     Translation  of  his  grant     (60) 
Tingley,  Mr.     Report  on  ways  and  means     (184) 
Townsend,  John.     Proposes  land  for  State  capital     (80) 
Turk,  Frank.     President  Town  Council     (42) 
Tvler,  George  E.     Auctioneer     (39),     (46) 
Vallejo,  M.  G.     Proposes  land  for  State^  capital  (80);    Report 

on  derivation  of  county  names     (179) 
Vincent,  George  W.     S.  F.  Directory     (86) 
Walker,  R.  J.,  Secretary  of  Navy.     Circulars     (14) 
Warner,  Mr.     Report  on  the  pious  fund     (201) 
Werth,  J.  J.     Dissertation     (139) 
Wheeler,    Alfred.      Report    on    beach    and    water   lots      (90) ; 

Report  on  real  estate     (105) 
Wheeler,  O.  C.     Sermon  (114) 

White,  Charles.     Proposes  land  for  State  capital     (80) 
Wierzbicki,  F.  P.     California  as  it  is     (44) 
Wills,  Airs.  E.  M.    Ode     (88) 

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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


Wilson,  R.  A.     Land  laws  of  California     (109) 

Winchester,  Jonas.  Prints  proceedings  Democratic  meet- 
ing (116);  Arrangements  for  publishing  Statutes  and 
Journals    (148) 

Winn,  A.  M.     Proclamation  to  people  of  Sacramento     (36) 

W'oodbridge,  Sylvester  Jr.     Sermon     (117) 

Woodworth,  S.  E.     Proposes  land  for  State  capital     (80) 

Yates,  Mr.     Report  on  memorial  of     (230) 


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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


NEWSPAPER  OWNERS,  EDITORS  AND  PUBLISHERS 

Albin.     Owner  Nevada  Journal     (120) 

Aldrich,  L.     Owner  Placer  Times     (25) 

Allen,  R.  N.     Owner  Pacific  News     (33) 

Allen,  R.  T.  P.     Owner  Pacific  News     (33) 

Ames,  J.  J.     Owner  and  editor  San  Diego  Herald     (126) 

Anselin,  J.     Editor  Gazette  Republicaine     (83) 

Anthony,  James  &  Co.     Owners  Sacramento  Union     (113) 

Ayres,  J.  J.     Owner  Calaveras  Chronicle     (141)   * 

Bartlett,  W.     Of  the  firm  of  Bartlett  &  Robb   (50) ;  Sale  of 
the   Public   Balance    (102);   Becomes   editor  of   California 
Gazette     (115) 
Bartlett   &   Robb.      Publishers   Journal   of    Commerce      (50) ; 

Stated  to  be  first  publishers  Stockton  Journal     (67) 
Biden,  C.  S.     Of  the  firm  of  W.  A.  Grover  &  Co.     (74) 
Blake,  C.  M.     Associate  editor  Pacific  News     (33) 
Blake,  C.  M.  &  Co.     Publishers  San  Jose  Daily  Argus     (100) 
Bonnard,  Ewer  &  Co.     Publishers  Sunday  Despatch      (135) 
Booth,  Louis  AI.     Editor  Sacramento  Tribune     (89) 
Booth,  Louis  M.  &  Co.    Publishers  Sacramento  Tribune     (89) 
Brannan,  Samuel.     Owner  California  Star     (4),     (23) 
Brinsmade,   P.   A.     Editor  the   Picavune   (74);   and   Morning 

Post  (125) ;  Of  the  firm  of  Shepard  &  Co.     (125) 
Brown  &  Waite.     Publishers  Nevada  Journal     (120) 
Buckelew%   B.    R.     Pro])rietor   the   Californian    (1):    Financial 
backer  Public  Balance  No.  1   (93);  Owner  of  Public  Bal- 
ance No.  2     (102) 
Butler,  B.  F.     Lithographer,  Publisher  Illustrated  Guide    (99) 

Carleton,   Mr.     Writer,  probablv  editor  California   Illustrated 

News     (81)       '  . 

Casserly,    Eugene.     Partner   of   Buckelew    in    Public    Balance 

No.  1   (93);  Of  firm  of  Casserly  Callender  &  Co.     (93) 
Casserly,  Eugene  &  Co.  Publishers  Public  Balance  No.l    (93) 
Casserly,   Callender   &   Co.      Publishers   Daily    Balance    (93); 

True  Standard     (93) 
Clark,  Alex.     Owner  in  Sacramento  Union      (113) 
Colton,  Walter.     Publisher  Californian     (1) 
Conner,  Edward.     Owner  in  Alta  California     (24) 
Cook,  Alex.  C.     Owner  in  Sacramento  Union      (113) 
Crane,  James  M.     Of  the  firm  of  Crane  &  Rice     (70) 
Crane  &  Rice.     Publishers  and  owners  California  Courier  (70) 

Damon,    Emmerson    &   Jones.      Publishers    San    lose   Weekly 
Visitor     (131) 

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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


Davison,  W.  K.     Owner  in  Sacramento  Index     (97) 
DeCourcy,  H.  A.    Owner  in  Nevada  Journal  (120);  Calaveras 

Chronicle  (141) 
DeFrance,  Jules.     Editor  Revue  Californienne     (127) 
Devoe,  James  B.     Publisher  California  State  Journal     (95) 
Dockrill,  Joseph.     Printer  and  part  owner  in  Californian      (1) 
Dost,  S.  H.     Owner  in  Sacramento  Union      (113) 
Dryer,  Thomas  J.     City  Editor  California  Daily  Courier  (70); 

Originator  of  Oregonian.     Note  to     (4) 
Durivage,  J.  E.    Editor  and  part  owner  in  Alta  California  (24) 

Eagar,  John.     Printer  of  California  Star     (4) 

Emmerson,  J.  C.  Of  Damon,  Emmerson  &  Jones  (131);  Pub- 
lisher Santa  Clara  Register     (131) 

Ewer,  F.  C.  Editor  of  Pacific  News  {53);  One  of  originators 
Sacramento  Transcript  (56) ;  Of  the  firm  of  Bonnard 
Ewer  &  Co.     (135) 

Ewer,  Warren  B.     Starts  Nevada  Journal     (120) 

Faulkner,  Mr.     Of  the  firm  of  Faulkner  &  Leland      (33) 
Faulkner  &  Leland.     Original  owners  and  publishers   Pacific 

News     (33) 
Fitch,  G.  K.     One  of  originators  Sacramento  Transcript     (56) 
Fitch,    Upham    &    Co.     First    publishers    Sacramento    Trans- 
cript    (56) 
Fitch,  Weld  &  Co.     Publishers  Sacramento  Transcript     (56) 
Foster,  B.  F.     Owner  in  Californian  (1),     (23) 
Fourgeaud,  Dr.  V.  J.     Article  in  The  California  Star     (4) 
Foy,  John  E.     Of  the  firm  of  Foy,  Nugent  &  Co.      (65) 
Fov,     Nugent    &    Co.      Original    publishers     San     Francisco 
'  Herald     (65) 

Gallaher,    or    Gallaer,    W.    W.     Editor    and    publisher    S.    F. 

Prices  Current     (35) 
Gihon,  Dr.  John  H.     Of  the  firm  of  (iihon  &  Co.      (74) 
Gihon  &  Co.     First  publishers  Evening  Picayune     (74) 
Gilbert,  Edward.     Probably  editor  of  The  California  Star  (4); 
One  of  original  owners  of  the  Alta  (24) ;  One  of  proprie- 
tors of  Placer  Times     (25) 
Gilbert  &  Co.     Publishers  Alta  California     (24) 
Gilbert,  Hubbard  &  Co.     Publishers  Alta  California     (24) 
Gilbert,  E.  &  Co.     Publishers  Placer  Times     (25) 
Giles,  J.  FL     Editor  of  Placer  Times     (25) 
Gordon,  Robert.     Editor  of  Californian     (1) 
Gore,  G.  W.     Publisher  Columbia  Star     (142) 
Grover,  W.  A.  &  Co.     Publishers  Evening  Picavune     (74) 

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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


(junn.  Dr.  L.  C.     Part  owner  and  editor  Sonora  Herald     (71) 

Hackett,  James  C     Publisher  Illustrated  Guide     (99) 
Hamilton,  H.     Publisher  Calaveras  Chronicle     (141  ) 
Hansicker,  C.  L.     Of  the  firm  of  C.  L.  Hansicker  &  Co.   (113) 
Hansicker,  C.  L.  &  Co.     Publishers  Sacramento  Union     (113) 
Harmon,  F.  H.     Part  owner  Sacramento  Union   (113);  Part 

owner  Eldorado  News     (136) 
Harmon  &  Springer.     Publishers  Eldorado  News     (136) 
Himes,  George  H.    Of  Oregon  Historical  Society.    Note  to     (4) 
Hoogs,  Mr.     Owner  of  the  Gazette  Republicaine     (83) 
Hoppe,  Jacob  D.     Of  the  firm  of  J.  D.  Hoppe  &  Co.     (1) 
Hoppe,  J.  D.  &  Co.     Publishers  Californian     (1) 
Hubbard,  George  C.     One  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the 

Alta  California     (24) 
Hull,    P.    P.     Editor,    probably    part    owner    California    Dady 

Courier     (70) 

Jackson,  Orin  F.     Owner  Stockton  Journal     (67) 
Jefferis,  E.  G.     Of  the  firm  of  E.  G.  Jefferis  &  Co.     (113) 
JefTeris.  E.  G.  &  Co.     Publishers  Sacramento  Union     (113) 
Jones,  E.  P.     First  editor  California  Star     (4) 
Julian,  J.  M.     Owner  in  Sacramento  Union     (56) 

Kemble,  E.  C.     Second  editor  of  the  California  Star  (4) ;  Pub- 
lisher of  Californian  (1);  Sole  owner  California  Star  and 
Californian    (23);    Projector   and    part   owner   Alta    Cali- 
fornia (24;  Member  of  firm  of  E.  C.  Kemble  &  Co.     (25) 
Kemble,  E.  C.  &  Co.  Owners  and  publishers  Placer  Times  (25) 
Kerr,  George.     First  publisher  San  Joaquin  Republican    (122) 
Knight,  Samuel.     Owner  Stockton  journal     (67) 

Lawrence,  J.  E.     Editor  Placer  Times.    Later  part  owner    (25) 
Leland,  Warren.     Of  the  firm  of  Faulkner  &  Leland     (33) 
Leland.     Brother  of  Warren   Leland.     Had  some  interest  in 

Pacific  News     (33) 
Lewis,  J.  A.     One  of  first  proprietors  L.  A.  Star     (123) 
Livingston,  H.  B.     Editor  Sacramento  Index     (97) 
Livingston,  H.  B.  &  Co.     Publishers  Sacramento  Index     (97) 
Lull,  L.  R.     Publisher,  probably  part  owner  California  Dail)^ 

Courier     (70) 
Lynch,  P.     Daily  Index     (97) 

M'Clatchy,  J.     Editor  Sacramento  Tribune     (89) 
Macrae,   George   W.     One   of   original   publishers   Journal   of 
Commerce     (50) 

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CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


McElroy,  J.     One  of  first  publishers  L.  A.  Star     (123) 
McElroy.  T.  F.     Of  the  Cokimbian.     Note  to     (4) 
Macy,  W.  M.     Of  the  firm  of  Sandford  Biden  &  Co.     (74) 
Marcy,    W.     G.     One    of     publishers     of     [ournal     of     Com- 
merce    (50),     (67) 
Marvin,  J.  G.     Part  owner  and  editor  Sonora  Herald     (71) 
Massett,  S.  C.     Owner  in  Marvsville  Herald     {77) 
Matthewson,  C.  R.     Editor  Public  Balance   [No.  2]      (102) 
Matthewson     Russell     &     Co.       Publishers     Public     Balance 

[No.  2]      (102) 
Mirandol,  H.  J.     Associate  editor  Gazette  Republicanie     (83) 
Moore,  R.  C.     Owner  in  Alta  California     (24) 
Morse,  J.  F.     Editor  Sacramento  Union      (113) 

Nugent,  John.     Editor  San   Francisco  Herald    (65):  Of  Foy, 

Nugent  &  Co.     (65) 
Nugent  &  Co.     Publishers  San  Francisco  Herald     (65) 

O'Doherty,  George  &  Co.    Publishers  Evening  Picayune  (74) ; 

and  San  Francisco  Daily  Times     (74) 
Ormiston,  J.  B.     Part  owner  in  Alta  California     (24) 

Per  Lee,  T.  R.     Of  the  firm   of  Gilbert  &   Co.    (24) ;   Editor 

Placer  Times     (25) 
Per  Lee,  T.  R.  &  Co.     Publishers  Placer  Times     (25) 
Pickering,  L.     Owner  in  Placer  Times     (25) 
Pickering  &  Lawrence.     Publishers  Placer  Times    (25),     (56) 
Pinkham,  B.  F.     Of  St.  Clair  Pinkham  &  Co.     (115) 
Poe,  A.  M.     Publisher  Overland  Press.     Note  to     (4) 

Rabe,  William.     Proprietor  of  the  Hombre     (107) 

Radcliffe,  H.  H.     Owner  Stockton  Times   (55);  Stated  to  be 

one  of  first  owners  of  Sonora  Herald     (71) 
Randolph,  Edmund.     Editor  San  Francisco  Herald     (65) 
Rice,  Francis  W.     Of  the  firm  of  Crane  &  Rice     (70) 
Robb,  John  S.     Of  the  firm  of  Bartlett  &  Robb  (50) ;  Proprie- 
tor Stockton  Journal     (67) 
Robinson,  C.  L.     Editor  of  Sacramento  Tribune     (89^ 
Rolfe,  T.   H.     Printer  on   California   Star    (4);   Owr  r   Daily 

Index     (97) 
Root.  A.  W.     Editor  Sonora  Herald   (71);  One  of  editors  of 

Stockton  Times     (55) 
Russell,  A.  C.     Of  Matthewson  Russell  &  Co.     Editor  Even- 
ing Picayune  (74);  Editor  LTnion     (113) 
Russell,  T.     Of  Fitch  Upham  &  Co.     (56)     . 
Rust,   R.     Of   Sutherland,   Rust    &   White    (133);    Originator 
of  California  Express     (143) 


CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


St.   Clair,    Henri.     Of   St.   Chiir   l^inkham    &   Co.    (115);   Also 

sole  ])nl)lislier  California  Gazette  (115) 
St.  Clair  Pinkham  &  Co.     Publishers  California  Gazette  (115) 
Sandford  Biden  &  Co.     Publishers  Evening  Picayune     (74) 
Sari^ent.  A.  A.     Proprietor  and  editor  Nevada  Journal     (120) 
SenT])le,' Robert.    One  of  original  publishers  of  Californian  (1) 
Sheldoi'i,  Henry  L      Of  J.  D.  Hoppe  &  Co.     (1),     (23) 
Shepard  &  Co.     Publishers  Morning  Post     (125) 
Shepard  Bennett  &  Co.     Publishers  Evening  Picayune     (74) 
Shepard     W.    W.      Associate    editor    the    Picayune    (74) ;    Of 

Shepard  Bennett  &  Co.  (74) ;  Of  Shepard  &  Co.     (125) 
Simonds,    Rev.    S.    D.     Editor   of   California    Christian    Advo- 
cate'   (140) 
Simonton,  |.  W.     Editor  California  Courier      (70) 
Skillman  Wilkinson  Sz  Co.     Pul)lishcrs  of  Pacific  News     (33) 
Sloat,   L.  W.     Publisher  Sloat's   Merchants  Exchange   Prices 
Current,  etc.  (104);  Merchants  Exchange  and  Prices  Cur- 
rent (87)  .,     .  ,,o 
Smith,  Mortimer  G.   Publisher  Sunday  Morning  Clarion   (112) 
Stockton,  R.  F.     Stated  to  be  oHginator  of  Californian      ( 1 ) 
Sutherland  Rust  &  White.     Publishers  Pacific  Star     (133) 

Taber,  John.     Owner  Stockton  Journal      (67) 

Taylor,      R.      H.     First     owner     and      publisher      Marysville 

Herald     (77) 
Truman,  B.  C.     Editor  Los  Angeles  Star     (123) 

Upham,  S.  C.     Of  Fitch  U])ham  Sz  Co.     (56) 

Waite,  E.  G.     Of  the  firm  of  Brown  &  Waite     (120) 

Warren,  H.  S.     Of  Fitch  Upham  &  Co.      (56) 

Watson,  J.  R.     Publisher  Overland  Express.     Note  to     (4) 

Weaver,  W.  E.     Of  T-  D.  Hoppe  &  Co.     (1),     (23) 

Weld,  G.  C.     Of  Fitch  Upham  &  Co.   (56);  and  Fitch  Weld 

&  Co.     (56) 
White,  J.     Owner  and  editor  Stockton  Times  (55):  Editor  of 

Sonora  Herald  (71 ) 
W^ilev,  1    W.     Publisher  Columbian.     Note  to     (4) 
William"  .  Albert.     Editor  the  Watchman     (57) 
Wilson,    Robert.     Editor  Stockton  Journal      (67) 
^^'inans,     Joseph    W.     Editor    and    part    owner    Sacramento 

Index     (97) 
Winants,  H.  L.     Associate  editor  Pacific  News     (S3) 
Winchester,  Jonas.    Part  owner  and  editor  Pacific  News    (?'3) 

Probablv  one  of  proprietors  San  Jose  Daily  Argus     (100) 
Winchester  '&  Allen.     Publifhers  Pacific  News     (33) 
Winchester  Skillman  &  Co.     Publishers  Pacific  News      (33) 

Yates,  J.  D.     Printer  California  Star     (4) 


CALIFORNIA    IMPRINTS 


INDEX  TO  PUBLICATIONS 

ALMANACS 

Almanac  and  Tide  I'ables,  jannary  1,  18-18     (19) 
California  Merchants'  and  Miners'  Almanac  for  1850     (40) 
California  Merchants'  and  Miners'  Almanac  for  1851      (108) 
California    Hebrew    and    English    Almanac    for   5612    (1851-2) 
(144) 

DIRECTORIES 

Campl)cll  &  Hoogs,  S.  F.  and  Sac.     [February]      (53) 
Campbell  &  Hoogs,  S.  F.  and  Sac.     March,  1850     (53) 
Bogardus    Business    Directory    for    S.    F.    and    Sac.      May, 

1850     (62) 
Bogardus  Business  Directory  for  June,  1850     (66) 
Bogardus  Business  Directory  for  July,  1850     (72) 
Kimball's  San  Francisco  Directory,  September  1,   1850     (86) 
Sacramento  City  Directory,  Culver,  1851      (101) 

INSTITUTIONS 

Pacific  Tract  Society  [Organization]  February  24,  1850     (52) 

Pacific  Tract  Society  (Report  of)  1851      (130) 

California    Pioneers    [Notice   of   organization]    November    14, 

1850     (91 ) 
California  Pioneers   (Constitution)  1850     (92) 
Masons  (Constitution  of  Grand  Lodge)   1850     (64) 

LAWS  AND  LITIGATION 

Act  to  regulate  jiroceedings  in  civil  cases      (134) 

Decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court,  1851      (146) 

Faithful  Translation  .  .  .  respecting  grant  ...  to  J.  A.  Sut- 
ter. April,  1850     (60) 

Land  Laws  of  California  as  settled  l)v  decision  of  the  Sujiremc 
Court      (109) 

Rules  of  Practice,  etc.     District  Court     (69) 

Rules  of  Practice,  Supreme  Court     (68) 

Titulos  de  Terrenos     (156) 

Translation  and  Digest  .  .  .  Mexican  Laws.  .  .  .  1837,  S.  F. 
1849     (34) 

Tratado  de  Paz      (154) 

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MISCELLANEOUS 

Address   Committee  .  .  .  Railroad    S.    V.   and   San    Jose,    1851 

(106) 
Adventures  .  .  .  Brown  (S:  jingo,  1851      (121) 
Arrival  Bishoj)  Alemany     (94) 
California  As  It  Is.     Wierzbicki      (44) 
California  As  She  Was.    J.  A.  Benton      (96) 
Carriers  Address,  January  1;  1848     (18) 
Chronicles     (155) 

Commercial  Exchange,  Marriotts.  August  26,  1850     (79) 
Dissertation  on  Resources  of  California.     Werth     (139) 
Fruits  of  Mormonism      (137) 

Journal  Hartford  Union  Mining  Company     (84) 
Love's  Labor  Lost     (152) 
Nicolaus,  August  4,  1850     (75) 
Notice  .  .  .  Sale  Schooner  William  (7) 
Ode  written  by  Mrs.  Wills     (88) 
Pacific  and  Atlantic  Railroad      (145) 
Pile,  A.     (151) 

Tables  of  the  Value  of  Cold-dust,  Huddart,  1850     (78) 
To  the  Citizens  of  Southern  California,  Haraszthy      (153) 

NEWSPAPERS 

Alta  California     (24) 

Calaveras  Chronicle     (141) 

California  Christian  Advocate     (1-10) 

Calif()rnia   Daily  Courier      (70) 

California   Express      (143) 

California  Gazette     (115) 

California  Star     (4) 

California  Star  and  Californian      (23) 

California  State  Journal     (95) 

Californian      (1) 

Californien,  Le     (49) 

Columbia  Star     (142) 

Daily  Balance     (93) 

Dailv  Index,  Sacramento     (97) 

Daily  Public  Balance     (93) 

Daily  True  Standard     (93) 

Daily  Union,  Sacramento     (113) 

El  Dorado  News     (136) 

Evening  Picayune     (74) 

Gazette  Republicaine     (83) 

Hombre     (107) 

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Illustrated  California  News     (81) 

Illustrated  Guide     (99) 

Journal  of  Commerce  and  Daily  Bulletin      (50) 

Los  Angeles  Star     (123) 

Marysville  Herald     {77) 

Merchants   Exchanoe,   Prices   Current  6L'   Shipping  List      (87) 

Morning  Post     (125) 

Nevada  Journal      (120) 

Pacific     (138) 

Pacific  News     (33) 

Pacific  Star     (133) 

Placer  Times     (25) 

Placer  Times  and  Transcript     (25),     (56) 

Public  Balance  (No.  2  Buckelew's)      (102) 

Revue  Californiennc     (127) 

Sacramento  Daily  Tribune     (89) 

Sacramento  Transcri])t     (56) 

San  Diego  Herald     (126) 

San  Francisco  Daily  Herald     (65) 

San  Francisco  Daily  Times     (74) 

San  Francisco  Letter  Sheet  Price  Current      (35) 

San  Francisco  Prices  Current  and  Shipiu'ng  List      (104) 

San  Joac^uin  Republican      (122) 

San  Jose  Daily  Argus     (100) 

San  Jose  Telegraph     (131) 

San  Jose  Telegraph  and  Santa  Clara  Register     (131) 

San  Jose  Weekly  Visitor     (131) 

Santa  Clara  Register     (131) 

Settlers  and  Miners  Tribune      (89) 

Sloat's  Merchants   Exchange,  Prices  Current,  etc.      (104) 

Sonora  Herald      (71 ) 


Stockton  Journal      (67) 
Stockton  Times     (55) 
Sunday  Despatch     (135) 
Sunday  Morning  Clarion      (112) 
Watchman      (57) 


OFFICIAL  PUBLICATIONS  OF  CALIFORNIA 

Acts  of  Legislature  relating  to  Health  Officers,   1850     (59) 
Constitution      (48) 

Journals,  First  Session  of  Legislature      (148) 
lournals.  Second  Session  of  Legislature     (150) 
Message  of  the  Governor,  Dec/21.  1849     (45) 
Proclamation  of  the  (iovernor  for  i'4ecti(in  for  Choice  of  Capi- 
tal, August  7,  1850     (80) 

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Report  of  Cases  ui  Supreme  Ccjurt,  1851      (146) 
Statutes,  First  Session  of  Legislature,  1850     (147) 
Statutes,  Second  Session  of  Legislature,  1851      (149) 

Documents  of  the  First  and  Second  Sessions  of  the  Legislature 

Act  concerning  common  schools     (200) 
Act  concerning  official  bonds  of  ofticers     (168) 
Act  creating  and  regulating  public  ferries     (171) 
Act  defining  the  rights  of  husband  and  wife     (191) 
Act  for  holding  first  county  election      (188) 
Act  regulating  general  election      (173) 
Act  regulating  interest      (172) 
Act  subdividing  State  into  counties     (169) 
Act  to  fund  the  debt  of  the  State   J217) 
Act  to  organize  district  courts     (170) 
Act  to  organize  supreme  court     (174) 
Act  to  regulate  estates  of  deceased  persons     (192) 
Acts,  List  of,  to  April  11,  1850     (177) 

Acts,  List  of,  and  joint  resolutions,  April  15     (193).     (233) 
Communication  from  harbor  master     (165) 
Communication  of  State  Translator     (215) 
Constitution  and  acts  passed,  first  session      (232) 
Contested  election  case,  W.  D.  Fair  and  T.  B.Van  Buren    (197) 
Contested  election  case.  Smith  vs.  Saunders     (204) 
Documents  accompanying  Governor's   Message,  giving  num- 
ber of  cases  on  dockets     (207) 
Memorial  of  court  of  sessions,  Sacramento  County     (205) 
Message,  Governor  opening  first  session      (45) 
Message,  Governor  opening  second  session      (195) 
Message,  Governor  opening  second  session,  in  Sjianish    (202) 
Message,  Governor,  Mariposa  Indian  difficulties     (219) 
Message,  Governor,     vetoing    act     to    incorporate     Los     An- 
geles    (161) 
Message,  Governor,      vetoing     bill      to      incorporate      Sacra- 
mento    (187) 
Reports  by  Committees : 

Report  on  archives  of  California     (209) 
Report  from  committee  of  agriculture,  by  Brown     (180) 
Report  on  l)ill  to  exempt  homesteads  from  forced  sale  (221 ) 
Report    on  bills    authorizing    fmiding    debt    of    San    Fran- 
cisco    (223) 
Report  on  Bradford  case     (224) 

Report  on  civil  and  common  law,  by  Crosby      (163) 
Report  on  civil  fund  by  McKinstry     (186) 
Report  on  counterfeit  coin  by  Robinson      (159) 

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Rcjjort  on   (kTi\ati()n  of  names  of  counties,  by  \  allejo  (179) 

Report  on  election  of  Osgood     (211) 

Report  on  geological  survey     (231) 

Report  on  Governor's  veto,  February  12.  1851      (216) 

Report  on  incor])oration  of  Eureka     (210) 

Report  on   Indian  afifairs     (199) 

Report  on   Indian  affairs,  February  4,  1851      (212) 

Report  on  joint  resolutions  on  public  domain      (185) 

Report  on  location  of  State  Capital,  Ijy  Broderick     (176) 

Report  on  Marine  Hospital      (229) 

Report  on  Marine  Hospital,  by  Chamberlain      (162) 

Report  on  memorial  of  A.  J.  Yates     (230) 

Report  on  military  affairs  and  militia      (189) 

Report  on  military  aff'airs  and  volunteer  companies      (190) 

Report  on  mines  and  foreign  miners,  by  Green     (166) 

Report  on  office  of  Surveyor  General,  by  Randolph     (183) 

Report  on  Parsons  case     (226) 

Report  on   Parsons  case  by  minority      (227) 

Report  on  petition  from  Santa  Clara,  ])y  Cook      (225) 

Report  on  pious  fund  of  California,  by  j.  J.  Warner     (201) 

Report  on  resignations  of  members,  by   Douglass      (160) 

Report  on  State  Assay er     (178) 

Report  on  State  loan,  by  Green     (175) 

Report  on  State  printing     (213)  • 

Report  on  supplementarv    county    boundary    bill,    by    Hey- 

denfeldt      (164) 
Report  on  water  lot  bill,  by  Moore     (218) 
Report  on  ways  and  means,  by  Tingley     (184) 

Report  of  Board  of  Health     (208) 

Report  of  commission  locating  Vallejo  Cai)itol     (220) 

Re])ort  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  Marvin   (228) 

Report  of  State  Translator     (222) 

Report  of  Treasurer  and  Comptroller     (198) 

Report  of  Treasurer  on  collection  of  miners'  license  tax    (206) 

Resolutions,  Joint : 

Resolutions  on  |)ublic  domain      (182) 

Resolutions  relative  to  slavery  in  states  and  territi^ries  (194) 

Resolutions  realtive  to  land  titles     (214) 

Rules : 

Joint  rules,  first  session      (157) 

Rules  of  Senate,  first  session      (158) 

Rules  of  Senate,  second  session     (196) 

Rules  of  the  House,  second  session      (203) 

Standing  rules.  House  of  Asseiubly,  first  session      (181) 
Treaty  of  Peace     (167) 

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OFFICIAL  PUBLICATIONS  SACRAMENTO 

Proclamation    tu   the    Peuple   of   Sacramento   l)y    the    Council 
October  1,  1849     (36) 


OFFICIAL  PUBLICATIONS  SAN  FRANCISCO 

Act  to  Charter  City,  February  1,  1850     (51) 
Act  Incorporation,  Mayor's  Messag-e,  Etc.      (76) 
Catalog:ue  Sale  of  Lots',  19th  of  NoVember,  1849     (39) 
Catalogue  Sale  of  Water  Lots,  January  3.  1850     (46) 
Catalogue  Sale  of  Lots,  March  4,  1850'    (54) 
Catalogue  Sale  of  Lots,  April  20,  1850     (61) 
Catalogue  Beach  and  Water  Lots,  1851      (118) 
Charter  of  the  City  of  S.  F.  May,  1851      (124) 
Diagram  of  1,000  lots  of  land     '(103) 
Election  Notice,  December  1,  1849     (41) 
Laws  of  the  Town,  1847     (17) 
New  Election  Broadside,  January  8,  1850     (47) 
Notice  of  Election,  September  13,  1847     (9) 
Notice  on  the  late  Fire,  December  24,  1849     (43) 
Ordinances,  City.  S.  F.  1850     (76) 
Proceedings  of  the  Town  Council,  four  parts      (^8) 
Public  Notice  against  Colton's  Grants.  December  21,  1849  (42) 
Regulations  for  the  port  and  harbor  of  San  Francisco,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1850     (98) 
Report  on  Condition  Beach  and  Water  Lots,  1850     (90) 
Report  on  Condition  of  Real  Estate,  1851      (105) 
Reports  of  the  Alcalde,  Comptroller,  etc.     April,  1850     (58) 

OFFICIAL   PUBLICATIONS   BY    U.   S.   OFFICIALS 

Constitution  of  California      (37) 

Extract  from   Regulations  .  .  .  TarifT  of  Duties,   October  20 

1847     (14) 
Halleck's  Circular  to  Collectors,  August  19,  1847     (10) 
Halleck's  Circular  to  Auditors,  August  19,  1847     (11) 
Kearny's  Proclamation  on  assuming  office  as  Governor    Mar 

1,  1847     (6)  ^  '  ■ 

Mason's  Circular  to  Collectors,  Noyember  17,  1847     (15) 
Mason's  Order  calling  a  Town  Meeting,  July  15,  1847     (9) 
Mason's  Proclamation  assuming  ofifice  as  Goyernor,  May  31 

1847     (8)  '  '     '        ' 

Mason's    Proclamation    ])r(ihil)iting  sale   of   liquor  to    Indians 

November  29,  1847     (16) 

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^Mason's  Proclaniation  prohibitintj:  purchase  of  arms  from 
soldiers,  etc.,  May  M,  1848     (21) 

Mafon's  IVoclamation  on  si.c^ninrr  of  peace,  Aus:,nist  7,  1848    (22) 

Modification  of  Mexican  Military  Contribution  Tariff,  May 
1848     (20) 

^Montgomery's  Proclamation  on  detention  of  Indians,  Noyem- 
ber,  1846     (3) 

Police  Regulations  for  the  Harbors  of  California.  Sept.  15, 
1847   \l2) 

Riley's  fVoclamation  on  desertions.     May  6,  1849     (26) 

Rile'y's  Orders  No.  16,  May  8,  1849     (27) 

Rile'y's  Orders  No.  17,  May  8,  1849     (28) 

Riley's  Orders  No.  19,  May  11,  1849     (29) 

Riley's  Orders  No.  21,  May  18,  1849     (30) 

Riley's  Proclamation  calling  for  election  of  delegates,  lune 
3,  1849     (31) 

Riley's  Proclamation  People  of  San  Francisco,  June  4,  1849  (.^2) 

Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Trade  of  the  Bay  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, September  6,  1846     (2) 

Shubrick  and  Kearny's  Circular  announcing  diyision  of  du- 
ties, March  1,  1847     (5) 

Shubrick  and  Mason's  Letter  regarding  Duties,  October  9, 
1847     (13) 

Stockton's  Proclamation  to  the  ]ieople  of  California,  .\ugust 
17,  1846(1)     California  Extra  of  September  5,  1846 

Stockton's  Proclamation  to  the  People  of  California,  August 
22,  1846(1)     California  Extra  of  September  5,  1846 

Stockton's  Proclamation  of  August  19,  (1)  California  Extra 
of  September  19,  1846 

Stockton's  Proclamation  announcing  state  of  \yar.  No  Date. 
(1)     California  Extra  September  19,  1846. 

POLITICAL 

Address  to  Democrats  of  Tuolumne,  1850     (82) 

Circular  Organization  of  Whig  party,  April  7,  1851      (119) 

Proceedings  Democratic  Meeting  San  Jose,  March,  1851   (116) 

SERMONS 

California  As  She  Was,  J.  A.  Benton      (96) 

Death  of  President  Taylor,  T.  D.  Hunt,  1850     (85) 

Obligation    To    Obserye   The    Sabbath.      Wheeler,    March    9, 

1851      (114) 
Sermon  Dedication  P'irst  Presbyterian  Clnn-ch,  Benicia.    Wood- 
bridge,  1851      (117) 
Sermon    suggested    by    execution    of    Jenkins,    Hunt,     June, 
1851      (132) 

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VIGILANCE  COMMITTEE   AND   ANTI-ALIEN 

Address  of  the  Vigilance  Committee,  June  13,  1851      (128') 
Citizens  of  San  Francisco,  February  22,  1851      (129) 
Resolutions  mass  meeting  Sonora,  July  21,  1850     (73) 
Resolutions  miners  committee  Georgetown,  1850     (63) 
Sermon  by  Hunt  on  Execution  of  Jenkins     (132) 
To  The  Citizens  of  San  Francisco,  June  17,  1851      (110) 
To  The  People  of  San  Francisco,  February  23,  1851      (111) 


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